Legal Opinion
Richard Allgeier, Maria D. Boldrick, Intervening v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 20, 1990No. 88-5856PublishedCited by 149 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ENGEL, Senior Circuit Judge.. We face three principal issues in this appeal of a post-trial judgment awarding damages against the United States on two related claims under the Federal Torts Claims Act (FTCA), 28 U.S.C. § 2671 el seq. First, the government claims that plaintiff Richard Allgeier’s amended complaint, which correctly named the United States as the sole defendant but only after the FTCA statute of limitations expired, did not secure federal jurisdiction over his claim by relating back to the original timely but misdirected complaint under Fed.R.Civ.P. 15(c). Second, the government…
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