DREYER v. UNITED STATES

Nos. C 68-718 to C 68-728, C 68-822, C 69-90 to C 69-94, C 69-514.

349 F.Supp. 296 (1972)

Carol DREYER, Administratrix of the Estate of James Philip Dreyer, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant. Charles BOYER, Administrator of the Estate of Lyle P. Boyer, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant. Louis KALAVITY, Administrator of the Estate of Dorsie H. Kitchen, Jr., Deceased, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant. Michael ONYSKO, Administrator of the Estate of William J. Onysko, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant. Mary Martha RIVENBURGH, Executrix of the Estate of Frederick L. Rivenburgh, Jr., Deceased, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant. Ramona FREEMAN, Administratrix of the Estate of Gerald Dale Freeman, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant. Stanley J. BECKA, Sr., Administrator of the Estate of Stanley J. Becka, Jr., Deceased, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant. Ralph A. HAZELTON, Sr., Administrator of the Estate of Ralph A. Hazelton, Jr., Deceased, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant. Gloria D. THIEM, Administratrix of the Estate of Michael Thiem, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant. Alvin LOWNSBURY, Administrator of the Estate of Patricia Anne Lownsbury, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant. Helen D. SHEEHAN, Administratrix of the Estate of David F. Sheehan, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant. James C. WARREN, Administrator of the Estate of Joseph Malarik, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant. Ruth PATFIELD, Administratrix of the Estate of Richard H. Patfield, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant. Stella MOLESKI, Administratrix of the Estate of Norman Allard, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant. Michael T. JELEPIS, Administrator of the Estate of Donald G. Akers, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant. Robert COY, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant. Bernard JOHNSON, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant. Lorraine L. SIMMONS, Administratrix of the Estate of James F. Simmons, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court, N. D. Ohio, E. D.

October 5, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman W. Shibley, Donald P. Traci, Spangenberg, Shibley & Traci, Cleveland, Ohio, for all plaintiffs other than James C. Warren (#C68-822).

Eugene Bleiweiss, Cleveland, Ohio, for plaintiff, James C. Warren (#C68-822).

Philip Silverman, U. S. Department of Justice, James Dillman, Federal Aviation Administration, John G. Laughlin, U. S. Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., Frederick M. Coleman, U. S. Atty., Cleveland, Ohio, for defendant.


MEMORANDUM

BEN C. GREEN, District Judge:

This litigation arises from a tragic event which occurred on the afternoon of August 27, 1967, in which sixteen skydivers who were participating in a high altitude parachute jump from a B-25 aircraft were killed when they landed in the waters of Lake Erie in an area approximately three to four miles from the shoreline in the vicinity of Huron, Ohio. The jump had been planned...

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