Legal Opinion
Gill v. United States
District Court, E.D. Texas
Decided May 16, 1968No. Civ. 900, 903PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FISHER, Chief Judge.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Two cases, grounded on the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2671 et seq., arose out of the same plane accident and were consolidated for trial and decision.
A Cessna Model No. 172 aircraft crashed near Easterwood Airport in College Station, Texas, at or shortly after 8:00 P.M. on September 12, 1963. The pilot, Dr. C. V. Bintliff, and his two passengers, Dr. John E. Gill and Mr. George P. Barlow, were killed. The three men had left the Texarkana Airport at 4:18 P.M., intending to fly to San Antonio. The Plaintiffs here, the widows of the two passengers,…
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