Diana L. Alinsky, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Paul Alinsky, Deceased v. United States

MANION, Circuit Judge.

On July 19, 1997, two private airplanes crashed in mid-air over the Chicago lakefront, killing all seven occupants. At the time of the crash, both airplanes were receiving air traffic services from Meigs Field Air Traffic Control Tower, operated by a private contractor to the Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”). The estates and relatives of the decedents filed multiple lawsuits against a number of defendants in state and federal court. This case pertains to the estates’ suits against the United States under the Federal Tort Claim Act. The district court granted the…