HIATT v. U.S.

No. 89-5826.

910 F.2d 737 (1990)

Shirley B. HIATT as Personal Representative of the Estate of Dale C. Hiatt, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, George P. Tsiotis, Third-Party Defendant-Appellee. George P. TSIOTIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 4, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara B. O'Malley, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Torts Branch Civil Div., Washington, D.C., for defendant-third-party plaintiff-appellant, cross-appellee.

Edward R. Curtis, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., for Tsiotis, Anderson.

Susan L. Dolin, Conrad, Scherer & James, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., for Hiatt.

Before FAY and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges, and GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.


FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge:

This is a wrongful death case against the United States brought pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act ("FTCA"), 28 U.S.C. § 2671 et seq. (1988), in which the United States was found by the district court to be 25% at fault for the death of the plaintiff's husband in an airplane crash. The plaintiff appeals from the district court's award of damages. The United States, as third-party plaintiff, appeals the district court...

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