Lowry v. United States

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON PLAINTIFFS MOTION TO RECONSIDER MOTION TO AMEND AD DAMNUM CLAUSE (# 36)

COLLINGS, United States Magistrate Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

In this Federal Tort Claims Act 1 case, the Court is faced with the question of whether the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 2675(b) bar the plaintiff from increasing the amount of damages stated in her administrative claims, i.e., from $600,000.00 to $1,500,000.00. In a Memorandum and Order (#22), the Court answered the question in the affirmative. On the first day of the non-jury trial, the plaintiff filed a motion requesting the Court to reconsider…