Gibbs v. United States

MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER

McAVOY, CMef Judge.

I. Background:

TMs action seeMng damages for personal injuries under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. 2671 et seq., came before the Court for a bench trial on April 3, 1995. Plaintiffs cause of action stems from the October 27, 1990 collision wMch occurred at Ticonderoga, New York, between an automobile owned by the United States Postal Service and operated by Ken Olcott, an employee of same, and plaintiff Darnel W. Gibbs who was riding his bicycle. The Court now makes the following findings of fact and conclusions of law as a result of the…