Legal Opinion
Estevez v. United States
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 15, 1999No. 97 Civ. 8234(SAS)PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMENDED OPINION AND ORDER
SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.
This negligence action arises out of an automobile accident resulting in’ personal injuries to various members of the Estevez family. Jurisdiction is premised under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346 9(b), 2671-80 (“FTCA”), because the car in which plaintiffs were riding on October 11, 1996, collided with a United States postal truck. This case was tried to the court between March 1 and March 22, 1999. The following constitutes the court’s findings of fact and conclusions of law.
1. The liability phase of the trial was heard on…
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