COLLINS v. UNITED STATES

No. 20-2021-cv August Term 2020.

996 F.3d 102 (2021)

Michael COLLINS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee, Michael R. Scholl, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: April 30, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael V. DeSantis , ( Adam Nicolazzo , on the brief), Kaufman, Dolowich & Voluck, LLP, Woodbury, New York, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Megan Freismuth , Assistant United States Attorney, ( Varuni Nelson , Rachel G. Balaban , Assistant United States Attorneys, on the brief), for Mark J. Lesko , Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, New York, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before: Calabresi, Raggi, and Chin, Circuit Judges.


Early on the morning of October 25, 2017, a United States Postal Service ("USPS") truck traveling on Jericho Turnpike in Huntington, Long Island, struck a pedestrian, plaintiff Michael Collins, fracturing his left knee and six ribs. Pursuant to the Federal Torts Claims Act ("FTCA"), see 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346...

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