Legal Opinion
Pearl Davis, of the Estate of Raymond E. Davis, Deceased v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 16, 1987No. 86-1244PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM J. CAMPBELL, Senior District Judge.
On the morning of October 25, 1978, Raymond Davis (Davis), the husband of plaintiff-appellant Pearl Davis (Pearl), departed in his Piper Comanche airplane from an airport in Dixon, Illinois. The airplane crashed and Davis was killed. There were deteriorating weather conditions in Dixon and the surrounding area that morning. The primary issue in this case, brought by plaintiff Pearl in her capacity as executrix of the estate of her deceased husband under the Federal Tort Claims Act (28 U.S.C. § 2671 et seq.), is whether Federal Aviation Administration…
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