CLELAND v. U.S.

No. 88-5213.

874 F.2d 517 (1989)

Janice M. CLELAND, formerly Janice M. Godber, as Executrix of the Estate of Merlyn C. Godber, deceased, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 8, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey L. Viken, Rapid City, S.D., for appellant.

Gary Allen, for appellee.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, HEANEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and FAGG, Circuit Judge.


LAY, Chief Judge.

Janice M. Cleland, executrix of her first husband's estate, appeals from a judgment of the district court dismissing her wrongful death suit against the United States. The decedent, Merlyn C. Godber, died February 13, 1980, in an airplane crash near Hot Springs, South Dakota, when flying as a passenger in a plane piloted by Charles M. Largent, III. The airplane was owned by Fall River Feedlots, Inc. (Feedlots).

Cleland, serving as executrix...

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