Postal Service to get interest from USPS on delayed death benefits paid to her after her father’s death. After waging a losing fight, the Postal Service surrendered, agreeing to a settlement of up to $49 million. The case started with Pamela McKinney, a former federal employee and now a local government worker in Chicago. “Rather than promptly locating and paying eligible beneficiaries, the Postal Service dawdled,” he wrote in a ruling against USPS. “We were able to locate Mr. Hall, who is the heir to the life insurance beneficiary, but not the beneficiary himself.

Source: Washington Post April 11, 2017 21:33 UTC