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U.S. AVIATION UNDERWRITERS INC. v. U.S.

Civil Action No. H-07-2485.

682 F.Supp.2d 761 (2010)

UNITED STATES AVIATION UNDERWRITERS INC., as aviation managers for United States Aircraft Insurance Group ("USAIG"), its participating insurers ACE American Insurance Company, Hartford Fire Insurance Company, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Zurich Aviation Insurance Company, a/s/o The Jet Place, Inc. d/b/a Business Jet Services, Inc., Billie Dickson, Charisse Lynette Groennieer, Keith Dickson, Sandra Lee DeSalvo, Ann Charlotte Spees DeSalvo Degutis, Bridget DeSalvo Clough, Lara S. Linden, Michael DeSalvo, III v. UNITED STATES of America.

United States District Court, S.D. Texas, Houston Division.

January 12, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dan K. Horn, Michael H. Hull, Maloney Bean et al., Irving, TX, for United States Aviation Underwriters Inc.

Steven J. Riegel, John H. DeYampert, Jr., United States Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for United States of America.

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

MELINDA HARMON, District Judge.

I. Background

This is a negligence action brought pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2671, et seq. Early on the morning of November 22, 2004, a Gulfstream jet bearing federal registration number N85VT (hereinafter "N85VT") crashed while attempting to land at William P. Hobby Airport in Houston, Texas ("Hobby"). The weather was bad...

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