Legal Opinion

Anne M. Hart, Individually and as Natural Guardian for Gillian Elaine Hart, Vera Lee Hart v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided March 1, 1990No. 89-3193PublishedCited by 46 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

The United States appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of appellee Anne Hart, 681 F.Supp. 1518, and the court’s decision after a bench trial in favor of Vera Hart and Gillian Hart under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S. C.A. §§ 1346(b), 2671-2680.

I. STATEMENT OF THE CASE

A. Facts

On December 21, 1972, during the Vietnam War, a United States Air Force AC-1304 Spectre was hit by anti-aircraft fire and crashed near Pakse, Laos. Sixteen crewmen were aboard, including Lt. Col. Thomas Trammell Hart, III, a 32-year-old Table Navigator. Of the…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  2. Berkovitz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  3. Dalehite v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
  4. United States v. S.A. Empresa De Viacao Aerea Rio GrandenseSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  5. Central Intelligence Agency v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1985

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3Cited by46 opinions

  1. Miller v. Kemira, Inc. (In re Lemco Gypsum, Inc.)Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990
  2. Powers v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1993
  3. Poly v. MoylanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1996
  4. 23 Collier bankr.cas.2d 999, Bankr. L. Rep. P 73,616 in the Matter of Lemco Gypsum, Inc., Debtor. Lawrence E. Miller, Jr., Miller Resources, Inc. v. Kemira, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990
  5. Garcia v. Carnival Corp.District Court, S.D. Florida · 2012

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