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ABRAHAM v. UNITED STATES

No. 71-2257.

465 F.2d 881 (1972)

Mrs. Lennell Wells ABRAHAM, wife of Bernard Abraham, now deceased, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 7, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. P. Lobrano, Jr., of Satterfield, Shell, Williams & Buford, Jackson, Miss., James H. Morrison, New Orleans, La., Ronald A. Curet, Hammond, La., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Robert E. Hauberg, U. S. Atty., Joseph E. Brown, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Jackson, Miss., Alan S. Rosenthal, Robert E. Kopp, L. Patrick Gray, III, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendant-appellee.

Before WISDOM, COLEMAN and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.

COLEMAN, Circuit Judge:

This is a case in which the widow and children of Bernard Abraham, deceased, sued the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act. The complaint charged that a United States Air Force plane caused a severe sonic boom over the City of McComb, Mississippi, on February 16, 1968, which, in turn, caused the mill and office of the McComb Milling Company to explode and burn, killing Mr. Abraham.

The district court granted the government...

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