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BEATTIE v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 82-3520.

592 F.Supp. 780 (1984)

Martin John BEATTIE, et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

June 25, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Juanita M. Madole, Speiser, Krause & Madole, Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs.

Gary W. Allen, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Torts Branch, Civil Div., Washington, D.C., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM

HAROLD H. GREENE, District Judge.

This case involves an unusual question under the Federal Tort Claims Act — whether the Act applies to torts committed by employees of the United States in Antarctica.

Plaintiffs, appointed by foreign courts as administrators of the estates of individuals killed in the crash of an Air New Zealand DC-10 in Antarctica on November 28, 1979, brought this suit under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S...

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