CINCOTTA v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. Nos. 71-1179, 71-1358.

362 F.Supp. 386 (1973)

Ruth Marie CINCOTTA, surviving widow of Eugene Joseph Cincotta, Deceased, to her own use and to the use of Continental Casualty Company v. UNITED STATES of America. Carmen S. TURNER, surviving widow of Robert Stanton Turner, Deceased, to her own use and to the use of Continental Casualty Company, Robert Stanton Turner, Jr., a minor, by Carmen S. Turner, his mother and next friend, to his own use and to the use of Continental Casualty Company and Carmen S. Turner, Executrix of the Estate of Robert Stanton Turner, Deceased v. UNITED STATES of America.

United States District Court, D. Maryland.

June 18, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick A. O'Doherty, Baltimore, Md., for plaintiff Ruth Marie Cincotta.

Thomas E. Lloyd and Robert F. Fischer, Ellicott City, Md., for plaintiffs Carmen S. Turner and Robert Stanton Turner Jr.

George Beall, U. S. Atty., D. of Maryland, and George E. Farrell and Joseph T. Cook, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendant in both cases.


NORTHROP, Chief Judge.

This is a wrongful death action against the United States of America brought pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 1402 and 2671 et seq. (1970). The plaintiffs are Ruth Marie Cincotta, widow of Eugene Joseph Cincotta, and Carmen S. Turner, widow of Robert Stanton Turner. The factual issues are of a very technical nature, and thus extensive background material must be initially discussed.

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