Leeder v. United States

MEANEY, District Judge.

This is an action for damages for personal injuries allegedly sustained on February 20, 1956, while plaintiff was visiting the office of the Internal Revenue Service in Jersey City, New Jersey. The United States has moved for summary judgment, or, in the alternative, for an order reducing the ad damnum clause of the complaint to $1,000 or less.

In support of its motion for summary judgment the United States relies upon the statute of limitations applicable to the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2401(b), as it read at all times material to this action:

“(b) A tort…