US EditionFrustrated by missing mail, one American took the Postal Service to court
The case challenges the postal exemption to the Federal Tort Claims Act for intentional mail withholding, with a ruling expected next year after two years of alleged delivery failures.
- Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court considered a case by Lebene Konan, who alleges two postal employees at the Euless, Texas post office withheld mail for about two years.
- After discovering a changed mailbox key, Lebene Konan says delivery stopped and the local post office demanded proof of ownership before issuing a new key, but problems persisted until the U.S. Postal Service Inspector General ordered delivery.
- After dozens of complaints, Konan sued under the Federal Tort Claims Act, alleging lost rental income and that employees marked some tenants' mail undeliverable.
- While one court dismissed Konan's FTCA claims, the Fifth Circuit reversed part of that ruling last year; a Supreme Court decision is expected next year.
- Congress's postal exception frames the legal question before the court, centering on whether the Federal Tort Claims Act postal exception bars suits for intentional mail non-delivery, while Kevin Kosar, senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, says the government errs and doubts broad litigation will follow.
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Frustrated by missing mail, one American took the Postal Service to court
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Frustrated by missing mail, one American took the Postal Service to court
By SUSAN HAIGH, Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — As a general rule, it’s difficult to sue the U.S. Postal Service for lost, delayed or mishandled mail. Related Articles Federal Bureau of Prisons says falling concrete is forcing it to close a prison near Los Angeles Joan Branson, wife of British billionaire Richard Branson, dies at 80 BP finds leak in major Pacific Northwest pipeline, resumes…
Frustrated by missing mail, one American took the Postal Service to court
By SUSAN HAIGH, Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — As a general rule, it’s difficult to sue the U.S. Postal Service for lost, delayed or mishandled mail. Related Articles Joan Branson, wife of British billionaire Richard Branson, dies at 80 BP finds leak in major Pacific Northwest pipeline, resumes delivering fuel to Seattle-Tacoma airport NYC judge: OpenAI must turn over communication with la…
Frustrated by missing mail, one American took the Postal Service to court
By SUSAN HAIGH, Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — As a general rule, it’s difficult to sue the U.S. Postal Service for lost, delayed or mishandled mail. Related Articles Federal Bureau of Prisons says falling concrete is forcing it to close a prison near Los Angeles Joan Branson, wife of British billionaire Richard Branson, dies at 80 BP finds leak in major Pacific Northwest pipeline, resumes…
Frustrated by missing mail, one American took the Postal Service to court
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