Legal Opinion
Spurgin-Dienst v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 20, 2004No. 03-1071, 03-1080PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.
With mechanical error ruled out, the issue in this case, tried to the court under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), was whether pilot error or ground error caused a single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza airplane to crash in an Indiana field killing all four persons aboard. The estates of the three deceased passengers brought the case alleging ground error: negligence by the United States through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and personnel at Ah' Traffic Control (ATC) and the Flight Service Station (FSS). The government defended the suit claiming the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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