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BURCHFIELD v. U.S.

No. 98-2024.

168 F.3d 1252 (1999)

Boyd BURCHFIELD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Department of Veteran Affairs, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

March 2, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry M. Hobbs, Walter O. Hobbs, Jr., Tampa, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Charles R. Wilson, U.S. Attorney, Tamra Phipps, Asst. U.S. Attorney, Susan Roark Waldron, Asst. U.S. Attorney, Tampa, FL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before HATCHETT, Chief Judge, MARCUS, Circuit Judge, and KRAVITCH, Senior Circuit Judge.

KRAVITCH, Senior Circuit Judge:

A plaintiff who sues under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 2671 et seq. ("FTCA"), must first present his or her claim to the appropriate federal agency. 28 U.S.C. § 2675(a). This case requires us to determine the amount of information that this claim must contain. Appellant Boyd Burchfield ("Burchfield") sued the United States pursuant to the FTCA, alleging that the negligence of employees of the Department...

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