United States Eighth Circuit

A Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) suit was time-barred where plaintiffs failed to assert an administrative claim within two years of its accrual; failure to learn that a care-provider is covered by the FTCA was a mistake of law which did not justify equitable tolling.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/05/2002
• Published 07/08/2002

Judges

• LOKEN, Circuit Judge., Before:  LOKEN, RICHARD S. ARNOLD, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael E. Hughes, argued, St. Louis, MO (Josh P. Tolin, on the brief), for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Nicholas P. Llewellyn, Asst. U.S. Atty., argued, St. Louis, MO, for appellee.