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WHITTLE v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. Nos. 1113-S, 1114-S.

328 F.Supp. 1361 (1971)

Mary Jo WHITTLE, as Administratrix of the Estate of Peggy Diana Whittle, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant. Shirley H. DAVIS, as Administratrix of the Estate of Don M. Davis, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court, M. D. Alabama, S. D.

July 21, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis H. Hare, Jr., Hare, Wynn, Newell & Newton, Birmingham, Ala., for plaintiffs.

Gerard R. Lear, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Ira DeMent, U. S. Atty., Kenneth E. Vines, Asst. U. S. Atty., Montgomery, Ala., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

VARNER, District Judge.

Plaintiffs sue the government for wrongful deaths of their respective intestates who were killed in a helicopter crash. Plaintiffs' intestates were passengers on a military aircraft piloted by one Goss, an Army Reserve pilot who had no authority to take aboard civilian passengers, at the time of the accident resulting in the death of all three. A log entry was introduced in evidence by Plaintiffs indicating that...

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