Legal Opinion

Kula v. United States

District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania

Decided April 23, 2021No. 4:17-cv-02122Unknown

1Opinion

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA BRIANNA APFELBAUM KULA, et No. 4:17-CV-02122 al., (Judge Brann) Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION APRIL 23, 2021 I. BACKGROUND This case arises from the deaths of Michael and Christina Apfelbaum resulting from a plane crash occurring on September 7, 2015.1 Following this accident, Plaintiffs sued Defendant the United States (under the doctrine of vicarious liability) for the negligence of the air-traffic controller instructing Mr. Apfelbaum, who was piloting the aircraft at the…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Huddleston v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  3. Bostock v. Clayton CountySupreme Court of the United States · 2020
  4. In re Japanese Electronic Products Antitrust LitigationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1983
  5. In Re Paoli Railroad Yard Pcb LitigationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1990

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