Davis v. United States

MEMORANDUM OF FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS

LEIGHTON, District Judge.

I. Introduction

This is a civil action brought against the United States of America under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2671 et seq. Plaintiff, Pearl Davis, sues in her capacity as executrix of the estate of her deceased husband, Raymond E. Davis. She alleges that the actions and conduct of an agent of the United States in providing a weather briefing to Davis on the morning of October 25, 1978, constituted negligence that proximately caused his death in the crash of a private airplane during the early morning hours of…