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MIREE v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 74-3670, 74-3822, 74-3864, 74-3870, 74-3881.

526 F.2d 679 (1976)

George Henson MIREE et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America et al., Defendants-Appellees. Judith Anita PHILLIPS, widow of David Emanuel Phillips, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellee. DeKALB COUNTY, GEORGIA, Defendant-Appellee, v. MACHINERY BUYERS CORP. et al., Third-Party Defendants-Appellees. William Michael FIELDS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee, DeKalb County, Georgia, et al., Defendants-Appellees. FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee, DeKalb County, Georgia, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Pearlie CHAISSON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SOUTHEAST MACHINERY, INC., Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America et al., Third-Party Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Granted April 5, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh M. Dorsey, Jr., Jule W. Felton, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., Gilbert E. Johnston, Alan W. Heldman, Birmingham, Ala., for plaintiffs-appellants in 74-3670.

John W. Stokes, U.S. Atty., William D. Mallard, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., George M. Fleming, Trial Atty., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Morton Hollander, Ronald R. Glancz, Washington, D.C., for U. S. A.

W. Meade Burns, Jr., F. Clay Bush, Atlanta, Ga., Wendell K. Willard, Decatur, Ga., for DeKalb County.

J. Arthur Mozley, Atlanta, Ga., for S. E. Machinery, Machinery Buyers Corp. and Fireman's Fund Ins. Co.

Baxter H. Finch, Atlanta, Ga., for defendants-appellees in 74-3670.

Robert W. Patrick, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., Herbert S. Falk, Jr., Greensboro, N.C., for defendants-appellees in 74-3670 and Fields.

A. Russell Blank, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiff-appellant in 74-3822.

Robert M. Travis, William Q. Bird, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiff-appellant in 74-3864.

Robert Stringer, Decatur, Ga., for Chaisson.

Before GODBOLD, DYER and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing En Banc Granted April 5, 1976.

LEWIS R. MORGAN, Circuit Judge:

On February 26, 1973, a Lear Jet crashed shortly after take-off from the DeKalb-Peachtree Airport. The alleged cause of the crash was the ingestion of a large number of birds swarming over the airport and adjacent county garbage dump. Damage was substantial; all passengers were killed, the plane was destroyed, an individual on the ground was severely injured by burning jet fuel that fell...

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