ADKINS v. U.S.

No. 89-3134.

896 F.2d 1324 (1990)

Gary ADKINS and Marilyn Adkins, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, United States Postal Service, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

March 22, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven C. Ruth, St. Petersburg, Fla., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Dennie I. Moore, Carl Douglas Thoresen, Asst. U.S. Attys., Tampa, Fla., for defendants-appellees.

Before KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge, RONEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and ATKINS, Senior District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

This case presents the question as to the amount of information a federal tort claimant must provide the Government in order to meet the "sum certain" notice requirement of 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 2401(b) and 2675(a). We affirm the judgment of the district court that in this case adequate notice was not given, and we incorporate the dispositive order of Chief District Judge George C. Carr as an Appendix.

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