GREENVILLE, Miss. — A federal judge refused to dismiss claims from the estate of a mail carrier who was shot to death on the job by her ex-husband, finding it “is exceedingly difficult to justify with any reasons” why the postmaster general refused to reassign her despite his death threats and a protective order against him.
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