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BRISTOW v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 14852, 14853.

309 F.2d 465 (1962)

Claretta Faye BRISTOW, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee. Robert FAIR, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

November 13, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benton H. Jones, Knoxville, Tenn., for appellant Bristow.

Karl D. Saulpaw, Jr., Knoxville, Tenn., for appellant Fair, Asquith, Asquith & Jones, Ambrose, Wilson & Saulpaw, Knoxville, Tenn., on the brief.

David L. Rose, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellee, Joseph D. Guilfoyle, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., John G. Laughlin, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., John H. Reddy, U. S. Atty., Knoxville, Tenn., on the brief.

Before MILLER and WEICK, Circuit Judges, and WILLIAM E. MILLER, District Judge.

PER CURIAM.

In the District Court Bristow sought to recover damages under the Federal Tort Claims Act for the wrongful death of her husband, and Fair sued for personal injuries which he sustained in the crash of a privately owned airplane which was being flown in an airshow at McGee-Tyson Air Base near Knoxville, Tennessee. The airshow was sponsored jointly by Knoxville Junior Chamber of Commerce and Tennessee Air National Guard.

Fair was a parachute jumper...

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