United States First Circuit

Where the plaintiff made no inquiry as to the status of the defendants as federal employees, the district court properly rejected her argument that the Federal Tort Claims Act's statute of limitations, applicable to her medical malpractice claims, should be equitably tolled; allegations of fraudulent concealment of medical records also rejected as unsupported.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/01/2002
• Published 04/01/2002

Judges

• BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge., Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Sidney Gorovitz, with whom Perlman, Gorovitz & Borten was on brief for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Gina Y. Walcott-Torres, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Donald K. Stern, United States Attorney, was on brief for appellee.