Lockheed to pay $1.17m
i ~ f /S ZP A Reuters-Copyright) MUNICH (West Germany). The American lawyer, Mr Melvin Belli, has said in Munich that the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation had agreed to pay 3.1 m DM (about $1.17m) compensation: !to 32 widows and other dependents of West German I pilots killed in Starfighter, | crashes. i Mr Belli, who represented the pilots’ dependents in | their legal claim for . SUS7.Bm in damages, ex- ' pressed disappointment at (the smallness of the sum. He said the San Francisco ' Court which had heard the! case had ruled that lawyers' fees and other costs would Ibe deducted from the amount. The West German Air Force has lost 178 Starfighters and 85 pilots since the plane first entered (service about 14 years ago.
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Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33985, 28 October 1975, Page 22
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