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VAN FOSSEN v. UNITED STATES

No. C-76-1483-CBR.

430 F.Supp. 1017 (1977)

James I. VAN FOSSEN and Jane M. Van Fossen, Individually and as natural parents of Jen A. Van Fossen, Deceased, and on behalf of John F. Van Fossen, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court, N. D. California.

As Amended June 8, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Sullivan, Sullivan, Johnson & Graham, San Francisco, Cal., George E. Farrell, Healey & Farrell, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs.

James L. Browning, Jr., U. S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal., Mark A. Dombroff, Trial Atty., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM OF OPINION

RENFREW, District Judge.

This suit is an action for wrongful death brought under the Federal Tort Claims Act ("Tort Claims Act").1 It is alleged by plaintiffs that decedent, their daughter Jen A. Van Fossen, was a cabin attendant aboard Trans World Airlines Flight 514 which crashed in the vicinity of Berryville, Virginia, on December 1, 1974. It is further alleged that the crash was caused by the negligence...

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