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· 12/9/1991

Stephen Bradley v. United States of America, by Veterans Administration

Citations

  • 951 F.2d 268
  • 1991 U.S. App. LEXIS 28747
  • 1991 WL 258889

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • explaining that “claims against the government require diligent presentation” which includes “written notification, plus a claim in a sum certain, in order to be considered adequate notice” (emphasis in original)
  • finding that claim for “in excess of $100,000.00” did not satisfy sum certain requirement
  • declining to find that claim satisfied sum certain requirement “[b]ecause there [was] no ceiling on the amount”
  • explaining that the FTCA’s notice requirements are “jurisdictional”
  • request for damages “in excess of $100,000” not sum certain

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Judges: Anderson, Barrett, Brorby

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