Strick v. Pierce

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ROVNER, District Judge.

The motion of the defendant, Samuel Pierce, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, for summary judgment dismissing the complaint of plaintiff Jack Strick is granted because the complaint is barred by plaintiffs failure to submit a sworn proof of loss within the requisite period of time and because the plaintiff has failed to document adequately the amount of his loss. No material dispute exists between the parties as to the facts.

Plaintiffs shoe store was burglarized on September 15, 1982, at which time he was covered by a policy issued…