Legal Opinion
Gary Adkins and Marilyn Adkins v. United States of America, United States Postal Service
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided March 22, 1990No. 89-3134PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Per 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 disposi-tive order of Chief District Judge George C. Carr as an Appendix.
The facts of this case do not furnish a base upon which this Court, if so inclined, could decide that our present rule is too stringent and should be relaxed to follow the lead of the Fifth Circuit.…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of CatrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Larry Bonner v. City of Prichard, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1981
- Gary L. Adams v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Hilario Molinar v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Evelyn Mae Kokotis v. United States Postal ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2000
- Ahmed v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1994
- Donato Dalrymple v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2006
- Peter A. Kokaras and Diane Kokaras v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1992
- Ahmed v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1994
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