ARMIGER ET AL. ESTATES v. UNITED STATES

Cong. No. 11-60.

339 F.2d 625 (1964)

E. L. ARMIGER ET AL. ESTATES v. The UNITED STATES. Marjorie H. ALBRECHT, Gertrude and Donald Bein, Margaret K. Clark, Albert Desiderio, and Zebulon V. Young, Respectively, either as Personal Representative, Heir-at-Law, Next-of-Kin, and/or Next Friend, of William F. Albrecht, Henry Bein, Robert L. Clark, Albert J. Desiderio, and Jefferson B. Young, All Deceased v. The UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

December 11, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene Gressman, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs. William Howard Payne and Arthur P. Scibelli, Washington, D. C., of counsel.

Arthur E. Fay, Washington, D. C., with whom was Asst. Atty. Gen., John W. Douglas, for defendant.

Before COWEN, Chief Judge, and LARAMORE, DURFEE, DAVIS and COLLINS, Judges.


DAVIS, Judge.

This Congressional reference1 arises out of a plane crash in South America on February 25, 1960, which resulted in the deaths, while on an official tour, of nineteen members of the United States Navy Band. Plaintiffs represent the estates of these band members.2 On behalf of each member, the suit seeks to recover $50,000, the amount of commercial insurance...

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