(Federal Times) The U.S. Postal Service will not change its mail delivery practices following the February Supreme Court decision that allows a woman to sue the agency after she said she was injured when she tripped and fell over mail left on her porch.

“We really can’t change what we have been doing since 1864 because we have been doing it pretty well since 1864,” said Postal Service spokesman Gerry McKiernan.

After the ruling, the Postal Service reviewed its regulations regarding when mail and packages can be left outside and decided against changing them. Supervisors will remind letter carriers of the policies during “stand-up talks” — or instructions — at the beginning of each shift.

The Supreme Court ruling said the Postal Service was not immune from suits; it didn’t say the Postal Service had to settle. If you sue the Postal Service, you have to do it in a federal court arguing against a U.S. attorney who works for the Postal Service for free. So they are not the easiest people to sue, and this case won’t open the floodgates of litigation,” Merritt said.

Drew Von Bergen, spokesman for the National Association of Letter Carriers, defended letter carriers as an exceptionally conscientious group of workers who make every effort to put the mail where it will be protected from the elements yet available to its recipients without getting in their way.