Legal Opinion

Zinn v. United States

District Court, S.D. Florida

Decided November 30, 2011No. Case No. 08-22056-CIVPublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

AMENDED FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

EDWIN G. TORRES, United States Magistrate Judge.

This matter is before the Court following a multi-day bench trial conducted in this action. Plaintiffs Frederic and Randi Zinn filed this action on July 21, 2008, under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b). Plaintiffs alleged that the accident was caused by employees of the Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”) negligently providing air traffic control services to a general aviation aircraft, piloted by Michael Zinn (“Zinn”), who was killed when the aircraft crashed after confronting…

2Cases cited42 opinions

  1. Hoffman v. JonesSupreme Court of Florida · 1973
  2. McCain v. Florida Power CorporationSupreme Court of Florida · 1992
  3. Clay Elec. Co-Op., Inc. v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Florida · 2003
  4. Muncie Aviation Corporation v. Party Doll Fleet, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
  5. Twyman v. RoellSupreme Court of Florida · 1936

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3Cited by6 opinions

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  5. Curtis v. United StatesDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 2017

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