Gale S. GILL, Individually and as Guardian of her Minor Children, and
Louise B. Barlow, Individually and as Guardian of her Minor Children, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
UNITED STATES of America, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
Ann H. BINTLIFF, as Executrix of the Estate of Charles V. Bintliff, Third-Party Defendant-Appellee.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
June 1, 1970.
As Amended June 22, 1970.
As Amended August 5, 1970.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Richard Brooks Harden, U. S. Atty., Tyler, Tex., William Kanter, John C. Eldridge, Robert V. Zener, Daniel Joseph, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Civil Div., Washington, D. C., for appellant.
J. R. Hubbard, Texarkana, Tex., for Gill.
Bun L. Hutchinson, Victor Hlavinka, Texarkana, Tex., for Barlow.
John D. Raffaelli, Texarkana, Tex., for Bintliff.
Before RIVES, GOLDBERG and GODBOLD, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from a Federal Tort Claims Act1 judgment for the death of two passengers killed in the crash of a light, private airplane at Easterwood Airport, College Station, Texas. The case was tried without a jury and resulted in a verdict of $842,815 against the United States. Liability was based on findings that the crash was caused by extremely hazardous weather conditions at Easterwood Airport and that...
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