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LIGHTENBURGER v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 24854-24857.

460 F.2d 391 (1972)

Geraldine L. LIGHTENBURGER et al., Appellees, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellant. Ivory COMBS and North American Aviation, Inc., Appellees, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellant. Joan GORDON et al., and Edith Carrington, Appellees, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellant. EAGLE STAR INSURANCE CO., Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing May 26, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald A. Fareed, Asst. U. S. Atty. (argued), Frederick M. Brosio, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., William Matthew Byrne, Jr., Robert L. Meyer, U. S. Attys., Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant.

Morton Galane (argued), Las Vegas, Nev., Oliver, Good & Sloan, Los Angeles, Cal., Hilbrecht & Jones, Rex Jemison, of Singleton, DeLanoy, Jemison & Reid, Las Vegas, Nev., Oliver, Sloan, Vargas, Shaffer & Lindvig, Irving Green, and Karl Seuthe, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellees.

Before MERRILL and HUFSTEDLER, Circuit Judges, and SOLOMON, District Judge.

SOLOMON, District Judge:

James Gordon, Bervial Carrington, and Dale Lightenburger were killed when their twin-engine private plane crashed into the North American Aviation facilities at Los Angeles International Airport (L.A. Airport). The crash and fire which followed seriously injured Ivory Combs, a North American ground employee, and heavily damaged the North American facilities.

Appellees are Ivory Combs, North American Aviation, Inc., Eagle Star Insurance...

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