MILLER v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 82-5992, 82-6034.

725 F.2d 1311 (1984)

Elissa Mueller MILLER, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Chester H. Miller, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee. Ann Biggs LEWIS, as Personal Representative of the Estate of James W. Lewis, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

February 27, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry Klein, W. Palm Bch, Fla., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Kathlynn G. Fadely, Trial Atty., Torts Branch, Civ. Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellee.

Before HENDERSON and HATCHETT, Circuit Judges, and JONES, Senior Circuit Judge.


HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:

These appeals are from orders of the district court concerning an airplane crash in which the court dismissed appellants' complaints as being barred by the statute of limitations of the Suits in Admiralty Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 745. Upon examination of Supreme Court precedent and the law of other circuits, we affirm the judgments of the district court.

FACTS

On or about May 28, 1976, Chester H. Miller and James W. Lewis...

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