Legal Opinion
Knecht v. United States
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided September 14, 1956No. Civ. A. 16156PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARY, District Judge.
This is an action brought by the plaintiff, Lewis W. Knecht, Administrator of the Estate of William J. Knecht, deceased, against the United States to recover damages for the wrongful death of William J. Knecht, a member of the United States Air Force. Suit was instituted pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Tort Claims Act of 1948, as amended, 28 U.S.C.A. § 1346(b). The ease was tried to the Court, sitting without a jury, on May 8,1956. Plaintiff has submitted Requested Findings of Fact Nos. 1 to 20, inclusive, in which Requests the United States has joined. These…
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- United States v. GrayCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1952
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