Carlson v. United States

CAMPBELL, District Judge.

This is an action under the Federal Tort Claims Act. Plaintiff allegedly broke several bones in her ankle when she slipped and fell in the Lake View Post Office in the City of Chicago. Plaintiff originally filed her claim with the Post Office Department for $2,500. The Office of the Solicitor informed her that it had no jurisdiction of claims in excess of $1,000, and advised hei that if she would reduce her claim within the jurisdictional amount, the department would then adjudicate it on the merits. Plaintiff replied that she was willing to re duce the claim to…