Legal Opinion
Marilyn Joyce Sellfors, Etc. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided February 16, 1983No. 80-7897PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PITTMAN, District Judge:
This action was commenced by the appellant, Marilyn Joyce Sellfors, against the United States of America under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 1346(b), 2671-80, for damages due to the loss of life of her husband, Ernest F. Sellfors, who was killed on February 26, 1973, when the Lear Jet aircraft he was piloting crashed shortly after take-off from the DeKalb-Peachtree Airport in Chamblee, Georgia. The crash resulted from a sudden loss of power during take-off when the aircraft’s engines ingested birds on the takeoff from the runway. The source of the…
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