Rivera v. United States

*565 MEMORANDUM & ORDER

MICHAEL H. DOLINGER, United States Magistrate Judge:

Plaintiff Aracelie Rivera has sued the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2671 et seq., for personal injuries and property damage allegedly sustained when a United States Postal Service tractor-trailer struck her car while she was waiting at a red traffic light on Tenth Avenue near 30th Street in Manhattan. On the basis of the evidence presented at a trial in October, we make the following findings of fact and conclusions of law.

I. Negligence

Ms. Rivera, who is now 34 years old (Trial Tr. (“Tr.”)…