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HOCHREIN v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 27906.

238 F.Supp. 317 (1965)

Carl J. HOCHREIN, Adm'r of the Estate of Richard C. Hochrein, v. UNITED STATES of America, Robert T. Wilson and Civil Air Patrol.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

February 3, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred L. Wolf, Bernard M. Borish, Steven A. Arbittier, Anthony S. Minisi, Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-Cohen, Philadelphia, Pa., Alfred M. Nittle, Bangor, Pa., for plaintiff.

Drew J. T. O'Keefe, U. S. Atty., Sidney Salkin, Asst. U. S. Atty., Philadelphia, Pa., Michael R. Wherry, John G. Baker, Civil Division Dept. of Justice, George H. Foster, Jr., James Lampl, Federal Aviation Agency, Washington, D. C., for the United States.

Peter P. Liebert, 3rd, Liebert, Harvey, Herting & Short, Philadelphia, Pa., for Civil Air Patrol and Robert T. Wilson.

DAVIS, District Judge.

This action was commenced by the plaintiff against the several defendants jointly for damages resulting from a midair collision between two private airplanes attempting to land at the North Philadelphia Airport. Robert T. Wilson and Richard C. Hochrein were the pilots of the private planes and the airport tower was under the jurisdiction of the Federal Aviation Agency, manned by air traffic controllers in the employ of the Government. Shortly...

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