Legal Opinion
Edward B. Brooks, Jr. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 19, 1985No. 84-1107PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:
This action under the Federal Tort Claims Act, which is on its second appeal to this Court, arises out of an airplane accident in which there was no personal injury. On January 14, 1977, a plane flown by one of the plaintiffs, 1 Edward B. Brooks, Jr., landed at the Calhoun County Airport (CCA) in Port Lavaca, Texas. As the plane reached the second half of the runway, the plane encountered a part of the runway which had been torn up by construction work. As a result, the nose wheel of the plane collapsed and the airplane was badly damaged. On the original trial of this…
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