Legal Opinion
Everett Erxleben v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 28, 1981No. 80-1907PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Per curiam
This case presents for review the question of whether the contents of a form submitted by the plaintiff-appellant to the Department of the Navy satisfied the Federal Torts Claim Act requirement that a claimant against the United States must, before filing suit, present a claim for a “sum certain” to an appropriate federal agency. The district court found that the administrative claim was not for a “sum certain,” and thus it dismissed the appellant’s complaint on the ground that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction over the action. For the reasons noted below, we vacate that decision and…
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