United States Ninth Circuit

Under the Federal Tort Claims Act, the statute of limitations did not begin to run for negligent implant claim where plaintiff voiced suspicions to his doctor and specialist and his doctor both informed him that the implants were not the cause of his injuries.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/17/2000
• Decided 04/02/2001
• Published 04/02/2001

Judges

• MICHAEL DALY HAWKINS, Circuit Judge:, Before:  KOZINSKI, HAWKINS, and BERZON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Steven M. Friedman (argued) and Dena Rosen Epstein, Begam, Lewis, Marks & Wolfe, Phoenix, Arizona, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• William G. Cole (argued), U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Washington, D.C., for the defendant-appellee.