· 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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