Legal Opinion
Richardson v. United States
District Court, N.D. California
Decided January 3, 1974No. C-51806 OJCPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM FOR JUDGMENT
OLIVER J. CARTER, Chief Judge.
Plaintiffs have brought a civil action against the United States wherein they allege that Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) tower personnel at San Francisco International Airport negligently failed to provide pilot Marshall G. Richardson with an adequate and timely warning regarding an aeronautical phenomenon known as “wake turbulence” or “wing tip vortices.” Richardson was on final approach to the airport and, the plaintiffs allege, as a direct and proximate result of the Tower’s failure to warn of the wake turbulence danger, Richardson’s…
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