WOODSIDE v. UNITED STATES

No. 77-3276.

606 F.2d 134 (1979)

Donna J. WOODSIDE, Administratrix of the Estate of Henry William Schroeder, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided September 20, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry L. Riggs, Jr., H. Lawson Walker, II, Riggs & Riggs, Erlanger, Ky., for plaintiff-appellant.

Griffin Bell, Atty. Gen. of the U. S., Leonard Schaitman, John M. Rogers, Eloise E. Davies, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Gerald F. Kaminski, Asst. U. S. Atty., Cincinnati, Ohio, for defendant-appellee.

Before CELEBREZZE and LIVELY, Circuit Judges and PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge.


HARRY PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Appellant Donna J. Woodside, administratrix of the estate of her husband, Captain Henry William Schroeder, appeals from the dismissal of her wrongful death action against the United States. Captain Schroeder, an active duty officer in the Air Force, was killed in an airplane crash while he was receiving flight instruction toward a commercial pilot's license. Appellant filed suit in the...

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