United States Ninth Circuit

An amended complaint is not time-barred under the Federal Tort Claims Act where substitution of a plaintiff related-back to the filing of the original complaint. An informed consent claim was included in broad allegations of harm, and the government had notice of such a claim.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/11/2002
• Decided 08/02/2002
• Published 08/02/2002

Judges

• GOULD, Circuit Judge., Before:  B. FLETCHER and GOULD, Circuit Judges, and MURGUIA, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Julie A. Anderson, Lynch, Hensley & Anderson, Wenatchee, WA, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Joseph H. Harrington, Assistant United States Attorney, Spokane, WA, for the defendant-appellee.