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· 1/24/1975

Ramona Freeman, Etc. v. United States

Citations

  • 509 F.2d 626
  • 1975 U.S. App. LEXIS 16430

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that a controller’s duty extended to parachutists jumping out of the plane
  • air traffic controller negligently gave wrong information about location and direction to pilot of plane carrying parachutists, who consequently jumped, to their death, over Lake Erie instead of target airfield; government liable
  • air traffic controller negligently gave wrong information about location and direction to pilot of plane carrying parachutists, who consequently jumped, to their death, over Lake Erie instead of target airfield; government liable
  • controller’s duty extends to parachutists

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Judges: Celebrezze, McCree, Cecil

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