Legal Opinion
Patrello v. United States
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 7, 1991No. 86 Civ. 6220 (SWK) (SEG)PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SHARON E. GRUBIN, United States Magistrate Judge:
This case, brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act, involves a relatively minor collision between a United States postal truck and a privately-owned automobile, but implicates important issues concerning the New York State “no-fault” insurance statute and the doctrines of preemption and sovereign immunity. Originally filed in the Civil Court of the City of New York against the driver of the truck, the action was removed to this court by the United States, after it substituted itself as defendant, and tried before me without a jury.
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