Legal Opinion
Dyer v. United States
District Court, W.D. Michigan
Decided November 18, 1982No. G 79-408, G 80-42PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ENSLEN, District Judge.
Plaintiffs have brought these consolidated actions under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b) and Section 2674 alleging that the negligence of the Air Traffic Controller at the Kent County Airport, Grand Rapids, Michigan proximately caused the crash of the aircraft piloted by Plaintiff Dyer.
Mr. Dyer, a non-instrument rated pilot was flying a non-instrument equipped Cessna 172 N5606R (06R) on a night cross country flight from Fremont, Ohio to Fremont, Michigan. Rodney Williams, Plaintiff Williams’ decedent, was a passenger and coworker of Plaintiff…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Kirby v. LarsonMichigan Supreme Court · 1977
- Hardy v. Monsanto Enviro-Chem Systems, IncMichigan Supreme Court · 1982
- Joan M. Spaulding v. United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1972
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