Schalliol v. Fare

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

KATZ, Senior District Judge.

Now before the court are two motions by the United States for the determination of the choice of law. Each motion pertains to one of the above-captioned lawsuits, both of which arise from a fatal plane crash. 1 In both suits, the United States is a defendant under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 1346(b), 2671 et al. (FTCA), for the alleged negligence of its air traffic controllers and its allegedly negligent publication of materials listing an approach to an airplane runway that was, in fact, not in service. Upon consideration of the…