Legal Opinion
Helen J. Stoleson v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 12, 1980No. 79-2306PublishedCited by 103 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.
At issue is whether Helen Stoleson’s suit under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), 28 U.S.C. § 2671 et seq., is barred by that statute’s two-year limitation period. Id. § 2401(b). Since Mrs. Stoleson was injured more than two years before filing suit, resolution of the determinative issue requires that we consider whether the so-called “discovery rule” is applicable outside the medical malpractice arena, and if so, whether the facts of this case justify its application.
In early 1967 Mrs. Stoleson began working as a roll house operator in the rocket area of…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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