VERDI v. UNITED STATES

No. 85 CIV 1911.

636 F.Supp. 114 (1986)

Anthony J. VERDI and Catherine Verdi, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, United States Postal Service, Town of Huntington and Young-Hee Lowe, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. New York.

March 27, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fisher & Seidner, P.C., Babylon, N.Y. (Aaron Lebenger, of counsel), for Plaintiffs.

Curtis, Zaklukiewicz, Vasile & Devine, Merrick, N.Y. (David Holmes, of counsel), for defendant Town of Huntington.


BARTELS, District Judge.

The question presented is whether the doctrine of pendent jurisdiction can be applied in a Federal Torts Claims Act (FTCA) case to a state common law case arising out of a common nucleus of operative fact even though there is otherwise no federal jurisdiction over the party against whom the state common law claim is asserted.

Plaintiffs brought this action, arising out of a slip and fall on a sidewalk abutting a United States Post...

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