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NEWPORT AIR PARK, INC. v. UNITED STATES

No. 7317.

419 F.2d 342 (1969)

NEWPORT AIR PARK, INC., Plaintiff, Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals First Circuit.

December 4, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan S. Rosenthal, Atty., Dept. of Justice, with whom William D. Ruckelshaus, Asst. Atty. Gen., Edward P. Gallogly, U. S. Atty., and Daniel Joseph, Atty., Dept. of Justice, were on brief, for appellant.

Marsha E. Swiss, Washington, D. C., with whom Bruce G. Sundlun and Amram, Hahn & Sundlun, Washington, D. C., were on brief, for appellee.

Before ALDRICH, Chief Judge, McENTEE and COFFIN, Circuit Judges.

ALDRICH, Chief Judge.

Due to the negligence of appellant United States and appellee Newport Air Park, Inc., two airplanes collided at the Warwick, Rhode Island airport. Appellee settled the ensuing injury claims, and appellant, pursuant to a local statute requiring contribution,1 reimbursed appellee to the extent of one-half of its outlay. This it did because the waiver contained in the Federal Tort Claims Act, FTCA, extends to claims...

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