GOULD v. U.S. DEPT. OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES

No. 88-3091.

884 F.2d 785 (1989)

Regis Ann GOULD, as Parent Guardian and next of friend of Aaron Russell Gould and Adrienne Marie Gould, Regis Ann Gould, as Special Administrator of the Estate of Gary Francis Gould; Regis Ann Gould, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES; Public Health Service, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided September 8, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Cornelius Ruddy, Jr. (Law Offices, Joseph C. Ruddy, Jr., Hyattsville, Md., on brief), for plaintiffs-appellants.

Sally Kraft Trebbe (Litigation Branch, Business and Administrative Law Div., Dept. of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C.; Breckinridge L. Willcox, U.S. Atty., Juliet Ann Eurich, Asst. U.S. Atty., Baltimore, Md., on brief), for defendants-appellees.

Before SPROUSE and CHAPMAN, Circuit Judges, and HAYNSWORTH, Senior Circuit Judge.


SPROUSE, Circuit Judge:

Regis Ann Gould appeals from the district court's dismissal of her action against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act ("FTCA") on behalf of her deceased husband's estate, her children, and herself for the allegedly negligent medical care administered to her husband by government employees. The district court held that Gould's claim was time barred under 28 U.S.C. § 2401(b). We...

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