Kerns v. United States’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “• Scott’s May 20, 2005 travel orders, which provided that she was to travel between Pennsylvania and Maryland by commercial plane and that “rental car is not authorized.” J.A. 32. The orders were silent on how Scott was to proceed from the airport to the hotel in Annapolis. • Post-conference travel voucher records, dated July 21, 2005, and August 3, 2005, showing that Scott sought and received reimbursement for round-trip vehicle mileage between Coraopolis and the Pittsburgh airport, as well as per diem and other expenses. The records suggest that Scott neither requested nor received reimbursement for the rental car involved in the accident. • An affidavit from Barbara Wilson, Scott’s supervisor at the time of the accident. Wilson attested that she too had travelled to Annapolis, although not with Scott. Wilson stated that she was “not certain what [Scott] was doing at the time of the accident,” but that the conference “had not yet begun, and [Scott] was not performing any duties related to the conference or Army business at the time of the accident.” J.A. 35. According to the affidavit, Wilson was informed by Scott, prior to the conference, “that she planned to rent a car and visit friends at Fort Meade during the conference weekend.” Id. • An affidavit from Thomas Cannon, a colleague who flew to Baltimore with Scott. Cannon attested that “Scott rented a vehicle when we left BWI Airport, and she told me she was going to use the car to visit some friends in the area that even”

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