044155P.pdf   04/06/2006  T.L.  v.  USA
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  04-4155
   Eastern District of Missouri   
   [PUBLISHED] [Colloton, Author, with Riley and Hansen, Circuit Judges]
   Civil case - Federal Torts Claims Act. The FCTA statute of limitations
   is a jurisdictional prerequisite rather than an affirmative defense;
   considerations of equitable tolling make up part of the court's
   determination whether an action falls within the scope of the waiver of
   sovereign immunity granted by Congress and thus within in the scope of
   jurisdiction of the federal courts; district court's finding that 
   plaintiff was aware of her child's brain injury on December 18,1997 and 
   that her claim accrued on that date was not clearly erroneous; plaintiff 
   failed to establish any basis for tolling the statute of limitations, 
   and the district court did not err in finding the claim was time-barred.