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12/01/2009 05:55 PM ID: 81918 Permalink   

Letter Stamped "Deceased" - Mother Sues
 

Last month Joan Najbar from Duluth, Minnesota, who is the mother of a soldier serving in Iraq, filed a lawsuit in US District Court in Minneapolis for her emotional distress. She claims the Postal Service is guilty of negligence.

Najbar sent a letter to her son in Sepember 2006, which was sent back after some time by the Postal Service with a stamp on it as "deceased". The Postal Sevice found no negligence on its investigation in 2006.

They managed to learn from the Red Cross that the soldier is alive.

 		 
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  Wow  
 
Wow, that poor woman! What an awful thing to have to go through, I hope she gets a few bucks for her terror..
 
 by: cbuilding   12/01/2009 09:04 PM     
  how do $$$ help?  
 
How about an apology, that would probably help. Everyone is just after the $$$. So many lawsuits, they made a mistake, they happen, no one is perfect
 
 by: ssxxxssssss   12/01/2009 11:25 PM     
  ^  
 
Completely agree
 
 by: landocommando   12/02/2009 02:54 PM     
  ^  
 
I second the agreement.

I can´t imagine the pain and anguish she felt, but getting a few bucks won´t help.

Your son is alive, that should be all that you need.
 
 by: jediman3     12/02/2009 03:48 PM     
  As  
 
for me i can understand that mom, she may have felt hit on head when they sent back the letter.
 
 by: vizhatlan     12/02/2009 04:27 PM     
  Counseling  
 
They should have to pay for any counseling this woman wants (as long as it is related), but not more than that. Except her court fees, of course.

An apology would just seem to be common sense here, not to mention decency.
 
 by: jbloodthorn   12/02/2009 07:35 PM     
  wtf...  
 
´Deceased´? seriously? What business does the postal service have of informing mail senders that some intended recipient is dead? How about ´Undeliverable´ and leave it at that... sheesh...
 
 by: bane39   12/02/2009 11:32 PM     
  i thought...  
 
i thought undeliverable mail was marked as ´deceased´ after the a certain time period was elapsed. I thought thats why its called the ´dead letter office´ .
 
 by: veya_victaous   12/03/2009 11:25 PM     
  Postal Stamps  
 
The USPS has 12 or so stamps to choose from when a letter is deemed undeliverable. I do not see some overworked (although frankly overpaid) schmuck picking up the wrong stamp being justification for a lawsuit. I hope she is held liable for court costs.
 
 by: DaReapaMan   12/16/2009 06:03 AM     
 
 
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