Plane Crash Injury
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The Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) doesn't allow suits against the U.S. government arising from alleged negligence of air traffic controllers employed by the government's independent contractor, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held in Alinsky v. USA (No. 04-2877). -
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The federal government is not liable for the alleged negligence of an air traffic controller who was on duty at Meigs Field when two private airplanes collided in mid-air, a federal appeals court has held in Diana L. Alinsky, et al. v. U.S. (Nos. 04-2877, 04-3051, 04-3052, 04-3053, 04-3087, 04-3088, 04-3089 and 04-3090.) -
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