BROCK v. UNITED STATES

No. 78-1155.

596 F.2d 93 (1979)

Marlene J. BROCK, Individually and as Widow of Richard I. Brock, Deceased, and on behalf of Michael I. Brock, Debra J. Brock, Richard D. Brock and Patrick S. Brock, and Donna M. Kresheck, Individually and as Widow of Leonard W. Kresheck, Deceased, and On Behalf of Leon G. Kresheck, Lori A. Kresheck and Joan M. Kresheck, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided April 4, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Farrell, Washington, D. C. (Timothy J. Healey, Healey & Farrell, Washington, D. C., on brief), for appellants.

Michael F. Hertz, Atty., App. Section, Civil Division, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C. (Barbara Allen Babcock, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D. C., William B. Cummings, U. S. Atty., Alexandria, Va., Leonard Schaitman, Attorney, App. Section, Civil Division, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., on brief), for appellee.

Before HALL and PHILLIPS, Circuit Judges, and THOMSEN, Senior District Judge.


THOMSEN, Senior District Judge.

Plaintiffs in these actions against the United States under the Tort Claims Act for the alleged wrongful death of the pilot and co-pilot of a TWA aircraft which crashed during an instrument approach to the Dulles International Airport (Dulles) on December 1, 1974, appeal from a judgment for the defendant following a non-jury trial. The district judge filed a careful opinion in which he made...

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