United States Seventh Circuit

The Federal Tort Claims Act's (FTCA) statute of limitations is not tolled during the minority of a putative plaintiff, thus a minor's mental incompetence, allegedly caused by government doctors' negligence, will not toll the FTCA's administrative statute.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/01/2002
• Decided 11/13/2002
• Published 11/13/2002

Judges

• RIPPLE, Circuit Judge., Before COFFEY, RIPPLE and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John P. Womick (argued), Womick & Associates, Carbondale, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Robert L. Simpkins (argued), Office of the U.S. Atty., Civ. Div., Fairview Heights, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.