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BILES v. U.S.

No. 87-1707 Summary Calendar.

848 F.2d 661 (1988)

Deborah BILES, Administratrix of the Estate of Dennis B. Biles, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 3, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tom Davis, Michael Slack, Byrd, Davis & Eisenberg, Austin, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

Roy Krieger, Wendy L. Rome, Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellee.

Before GEE, GARWOOD, and JONES, Circuit Judges.

EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:

Appellant, Deborah Biles, the widow of a victim of an airplane crash, most forcefully contends that the trial court erred in finding that an air traffic controller had no duty to advise the aircraft of an approaching terrain hazard. The remaining two issues, factually based, are whether the controller was negligent and if so, whether her negligence proximately caused the fatal accident. We affirm the conscientious and thorough decision...

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