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HAMILTON v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 72-1346, 72-1384, 72-1335 and 72-1349.

497 F.2d 370 (1974)

Alec S. HAMILTON, Jr., a minor, By and Through his guardian Ad Litem, Ida Laverne Hamilton, Ida Laverne Hamilton, Individually and as Executrix of the Estate of Alec Sydney Hamilton, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee. James P. Van GILDER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, a sovereign nation, Defendant-Appellee. Debra Ann WHITLOW, a minor, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee. LEWIS & CLARK TRADING COMPANY and H. J. Stockman, dba Lewis & Clark Trading Company, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

May 9, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ned Good (argued), Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants in 72-1335.

Albert R. Abramson, of Hoberg, Finger, Brown & Abramson, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant in 72-1346.

Gilmore F. Diekmann, Jr. (argued), Edward H. Cummings, of Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon, San Francisco, Cal., Ropers, Majewski & Phelps, Redwood City, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant in 72-1349.

Edward M. Digardi (argued), of Nichols, Williams, Morgan & Digardi, Bryant M. Bennett, of Bennett, Van De Poel, Campbell & Ginder, Oakland, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant in 72-1384.

Raymond D. Battocchi (argued), Morton Hollander, Kathryn H. Baldwin, Civil Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., James L. Browning, Jr., U. S. Atty., William B. Spohn, Asst. U. S. Atty., E. Grey Lewis, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., San Francisco, Cal., for defendant-appellee.

Before KOELSCH, DUNIWAY and KILKENNY, Circuit Judges.

DUNIWAY, Circuit Judge:

OPINION

These four suits were brought against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b) and 2671 et seq., as the result of a February 17, 1967, mid-air collision at Oakland Airport between two aircraft, a Cessna 310 and a Piper Apache. Nos. 72-1346 and 72-1335 are wrongful death actions brought by the representatives of the two pilots of the Cessna, who were killed in the collision. No. 72...

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