{"id":1210,"date":"2021-05-25T12:00:48","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T17:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/birth-injury-lawyer\/?p=1210"},"modified":"2021-05-25T11:59:47","modified_gmt":"2021-05-25T16:59:47","slug":"u-s-court-of-appeals-affirms-dismissal-of-birth-injury-lawsuit-under-the-federal-tort-claims-act-because-of-the-statute-of-limitations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/birth-injury-lawyer\/u-s-court-of-appeals-affirms-dismissal-of-birth-injury-lawsuit-under-the-federal-tort-claims-act-because-of-the-statute-of-limitations\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Court of Appeals Affirms Dismissal of Birth Injury Lawsuit Under the Federal Tort Claims Act Because of the Statute of Limitations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A federal district court judge has ruled that the two-year statute of limitations for Dominique Woodson\u2019s medical malpractice claim against the United States under the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Federal_Tort_Claims_Act\">Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA)<\/a> started running on Dec. 7, 2013. Her son, P.W., was born with a left arm that \u201csagged down to his side.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>According to Woodson, the allegedly negligent doctor, Keith Ramsey M.D., told P.W. \u201cmay get better\u201d and that he \u201cmay grow into it.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>On appeal to the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals from an order that granted the government\u2019s request for summary judgment, Woodson argued the discovery date was May 30, 2014, when she hired an attorney. If so, her FTCA notice of claim, dated Feb. 19, 2016, was on time. However, the 7th Circuit affirmed the dismissal with a dissent.<br \/>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/birth-injury-lawyer\/u-s-court-of-appeals-affirms-dismissal-of-birth-injury-lawsuit-under-the-federal-tort-claims-act-because-of-the-statute-of-limitations\/#more-1210\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal district court judge has ruled that the two-year statute of limitations for Dominique Woodson\u2019s medical malpractice claim against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) started running on Dec. 7, 2013. Her son, P.W., was born with a left arm that \u201csagged down to his side.\u201d According to Woodson, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":795,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,19,46,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birth-injury","category-brachial-plexus-injury","category-federal-tort-claims-act","category-shoulder-dystocia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>U.S. Court of Appeals Affirms Dismissal of Birth Injury Lawsuit Under the Federal Tort Claims Act Because of the Statute of Limitations &#8212; 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