Sexton v. United States

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

GLAZEBROOK, United States Magistrate Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff Jeffery Sexton seeks money damages from the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1346, for the cost of repairing his “Steen Skybolt” [“Skybolt”], a small experimental two-seat aerobatic tail-wheel bi-plane. On Sunday, March 29, 1998, Sexton’s Skybolt collided with another aircraft just south of the intersection of taxiway Lima and Runway 9 Right at Sanford Airport in Sanford, Florida. Sexton contends that the local controller negligently authorized the ground controller to permit…