United States Second Circuit

FAA suspension of a pilot's license under 49 USC 46110 does not preclude a pilot's Federal Tort Claims Act claim against the FAA for injuries sustained for negligently failing to warn the pilot of dangerous weather conditions.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/08/2001
• Decided 04/03/2001
• Published 04/03/2001

Judges

• SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judge:, Before VAN GRAAFEILAND, WINTER, and SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Richard Merritt, Lindenhurst, NY, pro se, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Peter R. Maier, Department of Justice, Washington, DC (David W. Ogden, Assistant Attorney General, Washington, DC, Loretta E. Lynch, United States Attorney, Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, NY, and Barbara L. Herwig, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, of counsel), for Defendant-Appellee United States of America.