RAZIANO v. U.S.

No. 92-4449.

999 F.2d 1539 (1993)

John RAZIANO, individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Anthony Raziano, and Josephine Raziano, individually, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 8, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David V. Hutchinson and Michael J. Devine, Torts Branch, Civ. Div. U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for defendant-appellant.

Ralph O. Anderson, Miami, FL and E. Hugh Cappell, Jr., Chappell & Brandt, P.A., Ft. Lauderdale, FL, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before ANDERSON and EDMONDSON, Circuit Judges, and DYER, Senior Circuit Judge.


EDMONDSON, Circuit Judge:

In district court the government unsuccessfully sought to bar this action against it by asserting the Suits in Admiralty Act's ("SAA") statute of limitations. The issue in this interlocutory appeal is whether the statute of limitations, under the circumstances of this case, was tolled. We conclude that the statute of limitations was not tolled and that the limitation does bar plaintiffs' action.

I. Facts and Background

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