Rodriguez v. United States

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK THOMAS RODRIGUEZ, TINA RODRIGUEZ, Plaintiffs, v. DECISION AND ORDER 17-CV-251S UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Defendant. I. Introduction This is a Federal Tort Claims Act,

28 U.S.C. § 1346

(“FTCA”), case involving a rear-end collision of a United States Postal Service van into the police patrol car driven by Plaintiff Thomas Rodriguez (“Thomas”) (Docket No. 4, Compl.). Thomas initially alleged suffering injuries totaling $3 million (with his wife Tina Rodriguez claiming $1 million in consortium losses), for a total ad damnum of $4 million…