Legal Opinion
Halvorson v. United States
United States District Court
Decided March 31, 2019No. CIV. 18-5032-JLVPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JEFFREY L. VIKEN, CHIEF JUDGE
INTRODUCTION
This case stems from decedent Kenneth Holst's alleged wrongful death. Plaintiff Ronda Halvorson brought suit under the Federal Tort Claims Act ("FTCA"), alleging decedent's death was caused by employee negligence at the Department of Veterans Affairs ("VA") Fort Meade hospital in Sturgis, South Dakota. (Docket 1 at ¶¶ 31-39). As defendant, the United States moves to dismiss plaintiff's complaint on the grounds it was filed untimely, resulting *1117in a lapse of the FTCA's waiver of sovereign immunity. (Docket 7). Plaintiff resists the motion. (Docket 16).
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