Legal Opinion
Florence Wattles Hartz, Margaret Elwyn Roth and Globe Indemnity Company v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 11, 1968No. 23647_1PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FULTON, District Judge:
These are consolidated actions which were brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act (28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671 et seq.) to recover for the deaths of William B. Hartz and Harold S. Roth and for property damage to a Beech-craft Bonanza airplane. The deaths and damage occurred when the Bonanza crashed on a take-off from the Atlanta Municipal Airport. Hartz was the pilot of the Bonanza. He was certified as a pilot by the Federal Aviation Agency. Roth was his passenger.
After dark, about seven o’clock on the evening of November 10, 1961, an Eastern Air Lines DC-7, Flight No.…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Aeronautical Communications Equipment, Inc. v. PierceSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States v. SchultetusCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- United States of America and Baker Aircraft Sales v. Betty K. Furumizo, Betty K. Furumizo v. United States of America and Baker Aircraft SalesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1967
- United States v. MillerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1962
- Gordon Tilley v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by63 opinions
- Blessing v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1978
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- American Airlines, Inc. v. United States of America and Sara Ann Creasy, Sara Ann Creasy v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Joan M. Spaulding v. United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1972
- Gill v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
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