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SINGER v. UNITED STATES

Civ. No. 20155.

186 F.Supp. 131 (1960)

Alex SINGER, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court E. D. New York.

September 12, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

First & First, New York City, Harry First, New York City, of counsel, for plaintiff.

Cornelius W. Wickersham, Jr., U. S. Atty., Brooklyn, N. Y., by Malvern Hill, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Brooklyn, N. Y., for defendant.

ZAVATT, District Judge.

In this action under the Tort Claims Act the government moves to reduce the ad damnum in the plaintiff's complaint from $10,000 to $1,000. Before bringing this lawsuit the plaintiff had submitted a claim in the amount of $1,000 to the Post Office Department for administrative settlement pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2672. The government's present motion is based on 28 U.S.C. § 2675(b) which limits the recovery in a suit to the amount of...

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