Legal Opinion
Austin Arigo, Jr., Personal Representative of the Estate of Samuel A. Arigo, Deceased v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 30, 1992No. 92-1992PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAGG, Circuit Judge.
Austin Arigo, Jr. appeals the district court’s dismissal of his wrongful death action brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346, 2671-2680 (1988). We affirm.
Arigo filed a wrongful death claim with the Department of Veteran’s Affairs (VA) on August 8, 1990. After the VA failed to decide the claim for nearly eight months, Arigo sent the VA a letter on February 20, 1991 that stated:
On or about August 3, 1990 we forward[ed] to you a [c]laim against the Veterans Administration Hospital concerning the death of Samuel Arigo. More than six months have…
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3Cited by15 opinions
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