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LEONE v. U.S.

Nos. CV 87-1568 (RJD), CV 87-1609 (RJD).

690 F.Supp. 1182 (1988)

Reynold LEONE, as Administrator of the Estate of Andrea Leone, also known as Andrea Held, deceased, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant. Frances S. COSTIGAN (now known as Costigan-Leeds), as Executrix of the Estate of George B. Costigan, Jr., deceased, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant.

United States District Court, E.D. New York.

June 8, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Milton Sincoff, Margaret Sowah, Kriendler & Kriendler, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Thomas B. Almy, Torts Branch, Civil Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

DEARIE, District Judge.

This is a Federal Tort Claims Act ("FTCA") suit by the estates of two persons who died in an airplane crash when the pilot suffered a heart attack and the plane crashed, killing all aboard. Plaintiffs claim that the doctors who performed medical exams of the pilot, which are conditions precedent to obtaining a pilot's certificate, were government employees who conducted the exams negligently.

The United...

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