Presley v. U.S. Postal Service

SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant-cross-appellee Margo Presley and defendant-cross-claimant-ap-pellee-cross-appellant Apolinar Hernandez appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Roanne L. Mann, Magistrate Judge) in favor of Presley against the United States of America in the amount of $415,000 and against Hernandez in the amount of $1,795,000. This judgment followed a joint bench and jury trial on damages Presley sustained in a car accident involving a livery cab, in which she was riding, and a postal service vehicle.

Presley…