Allied Insurance Co. v. The United States Postal Service

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION ALLIED INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA as ) subrogee of VEER PETRO, INC., d/b/a CITGO, ) ) 20 C 5479 Plaintiff, ) ) Judge Gary Feinerman vs. ) ) UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, ) ) Defendant. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Allied Insurance Company of America brought this suit against the United States Postal Service (“USPS”) under the Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”),

28 U.S.C. § 2671

et seq., alleging that a USPS truck driver, Cortez Stewart, negligently drove into and damaged a gas pump at a Shell gas station owned…