BROCKLESBY v. UNITED STATES

No. 83-2336.

753 F.2d 794 (1985)

Barbara A. BROCKLESBY, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee, and Jeppesen and Company, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided February 15, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert Abramson, San Francisco, Cal., Richard Clark, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Daniel U. Smith, Kentfield, Cal., for appellees.

Nicholas W. Heldt, Gregory C. Read, Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant-appellant.

Before CANBY, NORRIS and BEEZER, Circuit Judges.


BEEZER, Circuit Judge:

Barbara Brocklesby, Nancy Evans, Frank Evans, Katherine Evans, Norma Chapman, and World Airways, Inc. (collectively "the plaintiffs") brought this action against the United States of America ("the Government") and Jeppesen and Company ("Jeppesen"), seeking damages for wrongful deaths and property damage arising from an airplane crash near Cold Bay, Alaska. In a bifurcated trial, the jury returned a verdict against Jeppesen. Before the district...

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