Legal Opinion
Vincent William Michels v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 4, 1994No. 93-2303PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Circuit Judge.
Vincent Michels was seriously injured when his motorcycle collided with a vehicle driven by an employee of the United States Department of Agriculture. Michels filed a claim with the agency for $450,000 in damages under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671-2680 (“FTCA”). When that claim was not resolved, he commenced this action. Following a bench trial, the district court 1 awarded Michels $710,000 in damages, concluding that 28 U.S.C. § 2675(b) permits him to recover damages in excess of his administrative claim because he presented “newly discovered…
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