Legal Opinion
Maureen A. Montellier, as Administratrix of the Goods, Chattels and Credits of Norman J. Montellier, Deceased v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 22, 1963No. 27650_1PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAYS, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff, as administratrix, sues under the Federal Tort Claims Act 1 to recover damages for the death of her nus-band, Norman J. Montellier, who was killed in an airplane crash at Westover Air Force Base in Massachusetts. The district court awarded plaintiff damages in the amount of $168,000 in a judgment from which the United States appeals. We affirm the judgment.
Montellier, who was a correspondent for United Press International, was invited by the Army Air Force to participate, together with a number of other newspaper representatives, in what was planned as a record…
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