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LIGHTENBURGER v. UNITED STATES

Civ. Nos. 64-1672, 64-1684, 64-1687 and 64-1692.

298 F.Supp. 813 (1969)

Geraldine L. LIGHTENBURGER, et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant. Ivory COMBS and North American Aviation, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant. Joan GORDON et al., and Edith Carrington, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant. EAGLE STAR INSURANCE CO., Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court C. D. California.

April 21, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morton Galane, Las Vegas, Nev., for plaintiffs Lightenburger, and others.

Oliver, Good & Sloan, Los Angeles, Cal., and Hilbrecht & Jones, Las Vegas, Nev., for plaintiffs Combs and North American Aviation, Inc.

Irving H. Green, Karl Seuthe, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs Gordon, and others, and Carrington.

William Singleton, and Rex A. Jemison, Las Vegas, Nev., and Irving H. Green and A. F. Varga, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff Eagle Star Ins. Co.

William Matthew Byrne, Jr., U. S. Atty., by Donald A. Fareed, Asst. U. S. Atty., and Herbert Lyons, Office of the General Counsel, Federal Aviation Agency, Washington, D. C., for defendant the United States.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER FOR JUDGMENT FOR PLAINTIFFS

HAUK, District Judge.

These are four consolidated actions against the United States Government for damages for wrongful deaths, personal injuries and property damage arising out of the crash of a Cessna 310-G airplane at Los Angeles International Airport on December 6, 1962.

The pilot, James Gordon, and two passengers, Dale D. Lightenburger and Bervial Carrington, were killed in the crash....

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