ZABALA CLEMENTE v. UNITED STATES

No. 77-1156.

567 F.2d 1140 (1977)

Vera ZABALA CLEMENTE et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 16, 1977.

As Amended January 23, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pangia, Trial Atty., Aviation Unit, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., with whom Julio Morales-Sanchez, U. S. Atty., San Juan, P. R., and Jonathan M. Hoffman, Atty., Washington, D. C., were on brief, for defendant, appellant.

Stuart M. Speiser, Washington, D. C., with whom Speiser, Krause & Madole, Washington, D. C., was on brief, for plaintiffs, appellees.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge, CRARY, District Judge.


COFFIN, Chief Judge.

On December 31, 1972 Roberto Clemente, two other passengers and two crewmen were killed in the crash of a private plane off the coast of Puerto Rico. Clemente, an outstanding professional baseball player, had chartered the aircraft to carry relief supplies to the victims of an earthquake in Nicaragua. Plaintiffs, the relatives and representatives of the deceased passengers, sued the United States under...

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