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MURFF v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. B-83-54-CA.

598 F.Supp. 290 (1984)

Olen Ward MURFF, et al., Plaintiffs v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant, National Aviation Underwriters, Inc. and National General Insurance Company, Intervenors.

United States District Court, E.D. Texas, Beaumont Division.

November 29, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth D. McConnico, McConnico, Pegues & Slaughter, Houston, Tex., John A. Betts, Fleming, Betts & Cooke, Houston, Tex., for plaintiffs.

James P. Piper, James S. Dillman, Sr. Aviation Counsel, Torts Branch, Civ. Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Ruth Harris, Asst. U.S. Atty., Beaumont, Tex., for defendant.

Charles H. Smith, John R. Browning, Shank, Irwin & Conant, Dallas, Tex., for intervenors.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

JOE J. FISHER, District Judge.

This Federal Tort Claims Action arises from a tragic mid-air collision on August 6, 1980. A Cessna 172 occupied by the plaintiffs' decedents collided with a Fairchild F-27 at 6600 feet near Bridgeport on the northwest fringe of the Dallas-Fort Worth air traffic control area. Although damaged by the collision, the F-27 airliner landed safely nearby without injury...

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