Legal Opinion
Kwitek v. United States Postal Service
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided February 18, 2010No. 07-CV-826-JTCPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN T. CURTIN, District Judge.
This action was brought against the United States Postal Service (“USPS”) pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”), which provides a limited waiver of sovereign immunity to allow claims for money damages based on the negligence of federal government employees. See 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b)(1). Plaintiff Edward Kwitek claims that he was injured while working as a driver for Midwest Transport, Inc., under a contract with the USPS, as he was loading containers of mail onto a Midwest trailer at the LaSalle Post Office Station in Niagara Falls, New York.
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