Legal Opinion
Sawyer v. United States
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided March 10, 1969No. Civ. A. 62-C-452PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ABRUZZO, District Judge.
This action, which is founded on the provisions of the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b) et seq., was instituted by the plaintiff, Patricia Sawyer, Administratrix of the Estate of Robert H. Sawyer, against the United States of America to recover damages for the alleged wrongful death of Robert H. Sawyer, who was the pilot in command of United Air Lines Flight 826, a DC-8 aircraft owned and operated by United Air Lines, Inc., when it collided, on December 16, 1960, with an aircraft owned and operated by Trans World Airlines, Inc. at an altitude of…
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