Legal Opinion
Miller v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 11, 1978No. Nos. 77-3180, 77-3116PublishedCited by 94 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
J. BLAINE ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:
Michael Lee Reilly was killed when the airplane in which he was riding as a passenger crashed at the Fairbanks International Airport. His mother, Helen E. Miller (Miller-Appellee) brought suit against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2671, et seq., claiming that the air traffic controller, an employee of the United States, had been negligent. The United States filed a third-party complaint against David A. Miller (Miller-pilot), the decedent’s stepfather, who was the pilot of the airplane. The district judge, sitting without a…
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