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AETNA CAS. & SUR. CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. C-C-77-41.

438 F.Supp. 886 (1977)

The AETNA CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY, Aetna Insurance Company, American Empire Insurance Company, Commercial Union Insurance Company, Compagnies D'Assurances Du Groupe Concorde, Continental Casualty Company, Employers Mutual Liability Insurance Company of Wisconsin, Hartford Fire Insurance Company, Industrial Indemnity Company, Maryland Casualty Company, Reliance Insurance Company, Royal Indemnity Company, St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, Security Insurance Company of Hartford, the Travelers Indemnity Company, Underwriters at Lloyd's and Associated British Insurance Companies, United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, United States Fire Insurance Company and Zurich Insurance Company, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, Bernard C. Groseclose, Alden E. Hare, William L. Hogan and Dennis L. Hunter, Defendants.

United States District Court, W. D. North Carolina, Charlotte Division.

October 14, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. Crews, Golding, Crews, Meekins, Gordon & Gray, Charlotte, N. C., Walter E. Rutherford, Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Harold Edwards, U. S. Atty., Charlotte, N. C., Michael J. Pangia, Trial Atty., Aviation Unit, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendants.

ORDER

McMILLAN, District Judge.

Plaintiffs brought this suit against the United States to recover as subrogees their losses allegedly exceeding $20,000,000.00 resulting from the crash of Eastern Air Lines' Flight 212 near Charlotte, North Carolina, on the 11th day of September, 1974.

The United States, through the Department of Justice, is providing a defense on behalf of the United States itself and on behalf of Bernard C. Groseclose, chief of the...

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