Siesel A. FRANKLIN and Helen W. Franklin, Plaintiffs (Cross-Appellant and Appellee),
v.
UNITED STATES of America and Hugh Riddle, Jr., and
Chicago Helicopter Airways, Inc., and Richard R. Creighton, Defendants (Appellants-Cross-Appellees).
United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
February 17, 1965.
Rehearing Denied April 7, 1965.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Harry L. Arkin, Denver, Colo., Harold Shabelman, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs Franklin, Lindner & Davis, Denver, Colo., Belli, Ashe & Gerry, San Francisco, Cal., of counsel.
Morton Hollander, Chief, Appellate Section, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Lawrence R. Schneider, Atty., John W. Douglas, Asst. Atty. Gen., Edward V. Hanrahan, U. S. Atty., Sherman L. Cohn, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for the United States.
Gordon R. Close, Lord, Bissell & Brook, Chicago, Ill., for Chicago Helicopter Airways, Inc. and Richard Creighton, Jay M. Smyser, Chicago, Ill., of counsel.
Before DUFFY, SCHNACKENBERG and KNOCH, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.
Rehearing Denied April 7, 1965, en banc.
DUFFY, Circuit Judge.
These suits were brought by Siesel A. Franklin and Helen W. Franklin, his wife for damages resulting from the crash of Franklin's Beechcraft Bonanza plane on March 31, 1959, as the plane was approaching the runway at Meigs Field, Chicago. In the first suit, the Franklins claimed defendant Chicago Helicopter Airways, Inc. (Airways) was negligent in the...
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