JACKSON v. U.S.

No. 98-1043.

156 F.3d 230 (1998)

Barbara A. JACKSON, Administratrix, etc., Plaintiff, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 16, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony Tarricone and Camille F. Sarrouf, with whom Joseph P. Musacchio and Melick & Porter, LLP were on brief, for appellant.

Luke B. Marsh, Attorney, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, with whom Frank W. Hunger, Assistant Attorney General, was on brief, for appellee.

Before SELYA, BOUDIN and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant Barbara A. Jackson, acting in her capacity as administratrix of her husband's estate, sued the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(b), 2671-2680 (1994), alleging that the negligence of three Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employees in failing to furnish appropriate weather advisories proximately caused an aircraft flown by her late husband to crash. Following a bench trial...

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