Bornhoft v. United States

Plaintiff sues (1) for $4,602.41 “for traveling 17,208 miles on Official Government Business”,; (2) for $74,269.20 “for permanent damage to the [his] right eye, arm and leg”; and (3) for $2,000,000 for damage to his reputation.

Instead of making a motion to dismiss, because the second and third items sound in tort, and because the facts alleged to *135support the first are manifestly insufficient to state a cause of action, defendant has made a motion for summary judgment, which it supports by affidavits and documents. These show that plaintiff is possibly entitled to recover on one small item. It…