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032069P.pdf 07/01/2004 Audio Odyssey, LTD v. United States
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 03-2069
Southern District of Iowa
Civil case - Federal Tort Claims Act. Seizure of inventory, with
resulting economic loss, is not a physical harm under Iowa law; since
physical harm is an essential element of a negligence claim, there could
be no remedy for claim SBA was negligent in connection with seizure of
plaintiff's inventory.
[PUBLISHED] [Bowman, Author, with Loken, Chief Judge, and Lay,
Circuit Judge]