Legal Opinion
Van Fossen v. United States
District Court, N.D. California
Decided June 8, 1977No. C-76-1483-CBRPublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF OPINION
RENFREW, District Judge.
This suit is an action for wrongful death brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act (“Tort Claims Act”). 1 It is alleged by plaintiffs that decedent, their daughter Jen A. Van Fossen, was a cabin attendant aboard Trans World Airlines Flight 514 which crashed in the vicinity of Berryville, Virginia, on December 1, 1974. It is further alleged that the crash was caused by the negligence of employees of the Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”), who were acting within the scope of their employment for defendant United States. Damages in the sum of…
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