JOHNSON v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 18464.

183 F.Supp. 489 (1960)

William H. JOHNSON, John E. Jensen, Blaine C. Christeson, individually and William H. Johnson, John E. Jensen, Blaine C. Christeson, Charles E. McCormick, James A. Guest, Orville Stiehl, Nelmar Zellmer, Edward L. Thompson, Arthur Thompson, Herbert Hertzler, and John E. Jensen and James A. Guest, Trustees under the will of Ray A. Thompson, deceased, Co-partners doing business as Huron Sales Company and Anderson Coach Company, a Michigan corporation, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court E. D. Michigan, S. D.

April 25, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Madeline C. Dinu, Leroy G. Vandeveer, Vandeveer, Haggerty, Garzia & Haggerty, Detroit, Mich., for plaintiffs.

Fred W. Kaess, U. S. Atty., Willis Ward, Asst. U. S. Atty., Detroit, Mich., for defendant.


LEVIN, Chief Judge.

This is an action instituted by the plaintiffs under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b) against the defendant, the United States of America, for damages resulting from the crash of a Cessna 195 aircraft due to the alleged negligence of the crew of a B-47 bomber operated by the United States Army Air Force and the alleged negligence of employees of the control tower at Omaha Municipal...

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