Legal Opinion
Lightfoot v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided May 7, 2009No. 08-2602PublishedCited by 123 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
STEARNS, District Judge.
This appeal arises out of the District Court’s dismissal of Cedric Lightfoot’s Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) claim against the United States Postal Service (USPS) for failure to file his claim within the applicable statute of limitations. For the reasons stated, we will affirm the judgment of the District Court.
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Lightfoot was driving northbound on Broad Street in Philadelphia on October 6, 2004, when he claims to have been sideswiped by a postal van driven by USPS employee Darrell E. Moore. 1 Lightfoot alleges that the accident was caused by Moore’s…
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