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SONNEMAKER v. U.S.

No. 88-2297.

807 F.Supp. 483 (1992)

Harry H. SONNEMAKER, Jr., ex'r of Estate of Michael W. Sonnemaker, dec'd., Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, and Cessna Aircraft Company, Defendants.

United States District Court, C.D. Illinois, Danville Division.

November 2, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan E. Loggans, and Christopher Hurley, [COR LD NTC], Susan E. Loggans & Associates, Chicago, IL, for plaintiff.

David H. Hoff, [COR LD NTC], Asst. U.S. Atty., Danville, IL, John E. Wells, IV, [COR LD NTC], Patrick E. Bradley and Luke Marsh, [COR LD NTC], U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for the U.S.

John W. Adler, [COR LD NTC], Catherine E. Tinker, [COR LD NTC], Richard J. Durden, [COR LD NTC], Richard DeVuono, [COR LD NTC], Adler Kaplan & Begey, Chicago, IL, for Cessna Aircraft Corp., defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION2

BAKER, District Judge.

On New Years Eve day, December 31, 1986, at about 2:30 p.m. C.S.T., Michael W. Sonnemaker, the plaintiff's decedent, left his office to begin a flight from Peoria, Illinois to Orlando, Florida. He flew a Cessna Centurion airplane he owned jointly with his father and others. The co-pilot on the flight was David Groff and the two passengers who embarked in Peoria were Sonnemaker's wife...

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