ACOSTA v. U.S.

Nos. 981942CIV, 99387CIV.

207 F.Supp.2d 1365 (2001)

Manuela ACOSTA, Julio Mendoza, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Mirna Mendoza, Deceased Plaintiffs, v. THE UNITED STATES of America Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Florida, Miami Division.

October 4, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rodney D. Logan, Bank of America Tower, Miami, FL, Jeffrey Robert Davis, Miami, FL, for Plaintiffs.

Lawrence Nathan Rosen, AUSA, United States Attorney's Office, Miami, FL, for Defendants.


ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

HOEVELER, Senior District Judge.

THIS CAUSE comes before the Court upon Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment.

Background

On September 2, 1997, post office employee, Jesus Antonio Tamayo, while on post office property, shot Manuela Acosta (his ex-wife) and Mirna Mendoza (his ex-wife's friend), and then committed suicide. Ms. Mendoza died on December 22, 1997. Subsequently...

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