(February 27, 2017, 1:37 PM EST) -- DURHAM, N.C. — A federal judge in North Carolina on Feb. 23 dismissed with prejudice claims against the United States brought by a woman who sued on behalf of her deceased husband claiming that the Department of Veterans Affairs was negligent in caring for him following heart surgery, which led to his death, finding that the statute of limitations period for the suit had not been extended (Ethel Thomas Wood v. United States of America, No. 1:16-CV-1033, M.D. N.C., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 25092)....