KNECHT v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 16156.

144 F.Supp. 786 (1956)

Lewis W. KNECHT, Administrator of the Estate of William J. Knecht, Deceased, v. UNITED STATES.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

September 14, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert S. Fein, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

W. Wilson White, U. S. Atty., Arthur R. Littleton, Asst. U. S. Atty., Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant.


CLARY, District Judge.

This is an action brought by the plaintiff, Lewis W. Knecht, Administrator of the Estate of William J. Knecht, deceased, against the United States to recover damages for the wrongful death of William J. Knecht, a member of the United States Air Force. Suit was instituted pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Tort Claims Act of 1948, as amended, 28 U.S.C.A. § 1346(b). The case was tried to the Court, sitting without a jury, on May 8...

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