INSURANCE CO. OF NORTH AMERICA v. U. S. POST. SERV.

Civ. A. No. 80-1434.

524 F.Supp. 349 (1981)

INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA v. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE.

United States District Court, W. D. Louisiana, Alexandria Division.

June 16, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Bolen, Jr., Gregory S. Erwin, Alexandria, La., for plaintiff.

J. Ransdell Keene, U. S. Atty., Mimi Methvin and John Halliburton, Asst. U. S. Attys., Shreveport, La., for defendant.


RULING ON MOTION

NAUMAN S. SCOTT, Chief Judge.

Defendant, United States Postal Service (USPS), has filed a motion to dismiss plaintiff's cause of action sounding in tort, which is based upon allegations that during a mail shipment defendant caused the loss of $100,000 worth of currency owned by Wells Fargo Company, plaintiff's insured. The claim comes under the aegis of the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671 et seq.<...

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