Legal Opinion
Fass v. United States
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided January 27, 1961No. Civ. 16288, 17031PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRUCHHAUSEN, Chief Judge.
These actions are brought to recover damages for the wrongful deaths of Larry John Rubrecht and Maurice I. Fass who were killed while passengers in one of the defendant’s B-25 airplanes that crashed in Greenfield Cemetery, Long Island, New York, on September 13, 1955. The case was tried before this Court, without a jury. Both actions were brought pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 1346(b), 2671 et seq.
It is not disputed that the B-25 aircraft was owned by the defendant and was operated and maintained by defendant’s personnel.
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2Cases cited17 opinions
- Feres v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Noseworthy v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1948
- United States v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Brooks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- George Foltis, Inc. v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1941
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- Wake v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1996
- Wake v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1996
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