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BUDDEN v. U.S.

No. 93-1149.

8 F.3d 1278 (1993)

Joan BUDDEN, Personal Representative of the Estate of Craig Budden, deceased; Wilma Lewis, Personal Representative of the Estate of Craig Budden, deceased; Ronald Rodgers, doing business as Rodgers Helicopter Service; Associated Aviation Underwriters, Appellants, Aetna Life & Casualty Co. v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided November 3, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C.L. Robinson, Omaha, NE, argued, for appellant.

Thomas K. Pfister, Washington, DC, argued, for appellee.

Before HANSEN, Circuit Judge, LAY and BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judges.

BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge.

This case arises out of the December 20, 1985 crash of a helicopter ambulance in the Nebraska countryside. The estate of deceased pilot Craig Budden, along with aircraft owner Ronald Rodgers and Associated Aviation Underwriters, sued the FAA under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b) (1982), alleging that flight service specialist Robert Geranis failed to fully notify Budden of forecast adverse weather conditions...

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