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COSKA v. U.S.

No. 96-2245.

114 F.3d 319 (1997)

Barbara COSKA, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 29, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. Manning, with whom Curtin, Murphy & O'Reilly, P.C., Boston, MA, was on brief, for plaintiff, appellant.

Mary Elizabeth Carmody, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Donald K. Stern, United States Attorney, Boston, MA, was on brief, for defendant, appellee.

Before TORRUELLA, Chief Judge, BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge, and LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant Barbara Coska brought suit against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2671 et seq., for injuries she sustained in a slip-and-fall accident on government property. Holding that Coska failed to make a proper demand for a "sum certain" against the United States within the prescribed two-year limitations period, the United States district court dismissed the action for lack of subject...

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