Midwest Knitting Mills, Inc. v. United States

OPINION AND ORDER

CURRAN, District Judge.

Midwest Knitting Mills, Inc., a Wisconsin manufacturer of knitted goods, is suing the United States of America pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b) & 2671-80, for compensatory damages in the amount of $3,113,637.20, for injuries to its business. The plaintiff alleges that the Small Business Administration (SBA), an agency of the United States, caused injury to Midwest Knitting’s business by its negligent supervision of employee Frederick Matthews and by its tor-tious interference with its own contract with Midwest Knitting. The…