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MATLAND v. UNITED STATES

No. 13296.

285 F.2d 752 (1961)

Millicent K. MATLAND, Executrix of the Estate of Carl G. Matland, Deceased, Appellant v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff, v. UNITED AIRLINES AND TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC., Third-Party Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided January 10, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ella Graubart, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellant.

Herbert E. Morris, Washington, D. C. (George Cochran Doub, Asst. Atty. Gen., Hubert I. Teitelbaum, U. S. Atty., Pittsburgh, Pa., Alan S. Rosenthal, Attorney, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for appellees.

Before BIGGS, Chief Judge, and GOODRICH and FORMAN, Circuit Judges.

GOODRICH, Circuit Judge.

This appeal has to do with the effect of a release in a Federal Tort Claims case. Two aircraft collided over the Grand Canyon in Arizona on June 30, 1956. One of the passengers who met his death in this collision was Carl G. Matland, 39 years old, a research physicist for Westinghouse Electric Corporation, married and the father of two small children. The Executrix settled the claim against the airlines...

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