White-Squire v. United States Postal Service

OPINION

SMITH, Circuit Judge.

This appeal requires us to determine whether a claimant under the Federal Tort Claims Act, whose damages continue to accrue, must nevertheless submit a claim to the appropriate agency containing a “sum certain” for damages prior to filing suit. Because the sum certain requirement is jurisdictional, we answer this question in the affirmative.

I

On July 17, 2006, a United States Postal Service (“USPS”) vehicle driven by a USPS employee acting within the scope of his employment allegedly collided with a car driven by Plaintiff Monica White-Squire, causing her serious…