HARRISON v. UNITED STATES

No. 81-2501.

708 F.2d 1023 (1983)

Sibyl HARRISON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 26, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leslie R. Echols, Paris, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

William J. Cornelius, Jr., Janet Hellmich, Asst. U.S. Attys., Tyler, Tex., for defendant-appellee.

Before INGRAHAM, REAVLEY and POLITZ, Circuit Judges.


POLITZ, Circuit Judge:

Sibyl Harrison's headaches began in 1962. They continue to this day—the pain amplified by the dismissal of her suit under the Federal Tort Claims Act as barred by the statute of limitations.

As the wife of a retired airman, Harrison sought medical treatment in December 1966 at Wilford Hall Hospital, Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio. Doctors Benjamin Allen and Richard Ashby, Air Force medical officers, suspecting a brain tumor...

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