I cannot conclude, however, that a purely cautionary instruction to the jury not to misbehave implicates any federal interest. The plane simply burst into flames in mid-flight, crashing into a pasture in Texas and killing everyone aboard except the pilots, including Nelson, his entire band, their sound guy, and Nelson's fiancee, Helen Blair. Damages Sec. The following statement from the court's explanatory Memorandum and Order, issued after Mustang challenged its Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law, provides the basis for Mustang's assertion: "Mustang was under a duty to speak. 51 et seq., for damages that his survivors suffered as a result of his death. Defendants submit that the court's failure to appoint a guardian ad litem pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. Defendants nevertheless contend that the trial court erred in failing even to "consider the question of whether a guardian ad litem should have been appointed to represent the minor Plaintiff. A lid (ounce) is all. The parties had stipulated that the plaintiffs would also recover funeral expenses, The district court rejected plaintiffs' theories of respondeat superior, vicarious liability, and joint venture. STAGECOACH, Nev. -- A medical transport flight that crashed in a mountainous area in northern Nevada, killing five all five people aboard the plane including a patient . We will initially discuss the issue of Mustang's liability, as determined in the first trial, and then proceed to consider the other issues seriatim. On September 18, 1973, Bill Breedlove, the Director of Operations of Mustang Aviation, Inc. ("Mustang"), entered into an agreement with Lloyd St. Martin of Variety Artists International, Inc. ("Variety Artists"), a booking agency for popular singers, to provide an aircraft to fly the Jim Croce Group from Shawnee, Oklahoma, to Columbus, Mississippi, to Natchitoches, Louisiana, and then on to Dallas. Federal investigators will issue preliminary findings in the next week to 10 days surrounding the Thursday helicopter crash . and Dennis Rast. Plaintiffs are entitled to recover a total of $20,000 for their nonpecuniary losses. Evaluated by that standard, the testimony concerning decedent's future earnings, albeit speculative and conjectural, was properly admitted. Id. Mustang was under a duty to speak. Jim Croce and the. Accordingly, the district judge's refusal to give the instruction was proper. What sum of money, paid in cash today, would fairly compensate Mrs. Nancy Nuebel Blancher for the death of her husband in each of the following respects: (c) The amount to reasonably reimburse her for the loss of her husband's love and affection and the grief and mental anguish she may have sustained and might reasonably continue to sustain as a result thereof . 2151, 64 L.Ed.2d ---- (1980). Ingrid CROCE, Administratrix of the Estate of James JosephCroce, etc., et al., Plaintiffs,Linda Cortese et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees,v.BROMLEY CORPORATION, doing business as Roberts Airways andMustang Aviation, Inc., Defendants-Appellants. Everyone aboard the plane died instantly. Industries Music Astrological Sign:. Jim Croce: The NTSB Report Croce with friend, Maury Muehleisen, who also perished in the crash. WASHINGTON . Hulette, Elizabeth Ann: (November 19, 1960 - May 1, 2003) Elizabeth Ann Hulette is best known as Miss Elizabeth in the wrestling industry. On October 20, 1977, three days after releasing their album Street Survivors, Lynyrd Skynyrd performed at the Greenville Memorial Auditorium in Greenville, South Carolina, and boarded a Convair CV-240 airplane to take them to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where they were to perform at Louisiana State University.The plane ran out of fuel near the end of the flight. Moreover, the jury in Liepelt awarded the plaintiffs $775,000, far in excess of the estimation of the plaintiffs' pecuniary loss ($302,000) made by their own expert witness. The Court is sensitive to the distinction between matters of habit and custom and general reputation. 755, 62 L.Ed.2d 689 (1980), decided by the Supreme Court after the submission of briefs in this case, for the proposition that the district court was required to give their requested instruction. . VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE - 5 OR OVER (UNLIMITED), OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE - HAZE. See n.1, supra. ." Defendants claim that there was insufficient evidence of the pilot's negligence to support a jury verdict for plaintiffs in the second trial and that the district court therefore erred in denying their motions for a directed verdict, a judgment n. o. v., and a new trial. This is true even if the action is brought in state court. This information is added by users of ASN. "19 (emphasis added). It was a Part 91 personal flight in VFR conditions. Reba McEntire and husband were on a 2nd plane. Mr. Neuman revealed that he had become a booking agent in November 1974. "26 For this proposition, they cite Roberts v. Ohio Casualty Insurance Co., 256 F.2d 35 (5th Cir. 100 S.Ct. We find defendants' contention on this point to be specious. In addition, all of his tour-related expenses were paid while he was on tour. Sources: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=84416&key=0 1980). Should you find the plaintiffs are entitled to an award of damages, then you are to follow the instructions already given you by this Court in measuring those damages, and in no event should you either add to or subtract from that award on account of federal income taxes, The witness arrived at this figure by taking the decedent's expected gross earnings, adding the value of services he would have rendered to his family, subtracting the amounts that the decedent would have spent on himself, and then discounting the total to its present value at the time of trial. Its action in doing so was proper and is not contested on appeal, Mr. Linden testified that he could not recall the name of the person to whom he spoke but that the person had offered no objection to the proposed substitution, Defendants presented the testimony of Dr. William J. Reals, a board-certified pathologist and professor at the University of Kansas School of Medicine, who had examined the pilot's heart after the crash at the request of the FAA. Now, seems to me this character of evidence as to the reputation or opinion of Robert Elliott as a safe pilot is not proper evidence that Elliott adhered to safe practices at the time of the accident. (emphasis added). She was the former wrestling manager of Randy "Macho Man" Savage, and . 67, 5 L.Ed.2d 56 (1960). 0:04. The court in DeBose was simply not confronted with the issue presented in Guerra and in the instant case. After laboratory analysis, the "green vegetable matter" was determined to contain marijuana, and the "green substance" was determined to contain marijuana extract. Evidence of the character of a witness, as provided in Rules 607, 608, and 609; (b) Other crimes, wrongs, or acts. 4 Stephen Gandee At the peak of his fame, he was killed in a plane crash that resulted in the death of five others. This theory was buttressed by the testimony of Asher Vandenberg, a commercial, multiengine pilot with instrument ratings.15 Vandenberg testified that "Natchitoches is the worst (black-out area) I have ever seen" and that a pilot taking off at night to the south "would fly into a black void." 1978), cited by plaintiffs, acknowledges that damages for wrongful death "include not only loss of support, but also loss of the love and affection of the decedent and the grief and anguish of the survivor," id. As stated by the Supreme Court of Texas in Burnett v. Atteberry, 105 Tex. Reba McEntire suffered a huge tragedy in March of 1991, when she lost eight members of her band and crew in a horrific plane accident. Significantly, there is evidence that Mustang did not disclose the substitution of the smaller charter service, Roberts, and that evidence should be viewed against the background as a practice and custom of nondisclosure of such substitutions. The CRJ-100 ran off the end of the runway, lifted off momentarily, then smashed into an . 1551, 1560-1561 (1960). Hays called 911 and went outside but could not see the wreckage because of the blowing snow. Plaintiffs' counsel also got Dr. Reals to admit that "in all medical probability a man whose arteries had narrowed as much as the pilot's" would have had some symptoms of cardiac abnormality. James Joseph "Jim" Croce (/kroti/; January 10, 1943 - September 20, 1973) was an American folk and rock singer of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Comedian. Fed.R.Civ.P. We disagree. Moreover, if a carrier's duty to a person onboard an aircraft is determined by whether that person is committing some infraction of a state law, then the duty of care owed to a single individual might well vary in the course of a single interstate or transcontinental flight, as the aircraft passed across state boundaries. . Mustang did not. REMARKS- PLT HAD SEV CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE. Mustang booked the Croce charter and retained a substantial portion of the charter fee. However, they argue that the decedent lost his status as a "passenger" by carrying marijuana aboard the airplane and thereby became a mere licensee, invitee, or trespasser to whom they owed only a duty of ordinary care.17 Evidence adduced at trial showed that the decedent was carrying a small amount of marijuana18 on his person. We nevertheless held the evidence at issue to be admissible because it was presented in support of another theory. Jim Croce got his start in the '60s as a young musician trying to make his way back in the day of the counterculture, hippies and all things groovy. 630, 632, 60 L.Ed. Crash of a Beechcraft E18S in Natchitoches: 6 killed Date & Time: Sep 20, 1973 at 2245 LT Type of aircraft: Beechcraft E18 Operator: Robert Airways Registration: N50JR Flight Phase: Takeoff (climb) Flight Type: Charter/Taxi (Non Scheduled Revenue Flight) Survivors: No Site: Airport (less than 10 km from airport) Schedule: Natchitoches - Dallas MSN: Three separate trials were held, each addressing a different question, and this appeal involves aspects of all three trials. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. In other words, Mustang argues that the deceased pilot may have told the deceased passengers or the unfortunate passengers may have otherwise learned that there had been a substitution of charter services; that the Croce burden was in any event to adduce proof to negate that possibility. Aviation Query. We determine the probable cause of the accidents we investigate and issue . He spent most of his musical career playing gigs wherever he could find them. A "black hole," according to Dr. Gibbons, is the proper term for a black night takeoff. (emphasis added). Id. UPS1354 Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport, Birmingham, AL. Before The Popularity. REZA According to the NTSB, Horner took off from the Camarillo Airport (KCMA), Camarillo, California, at 8:10 a.m. Eventually, he was picked up by local police, interrogated, driven to the airport, and released. Defendants also raise on appeal the admissibility of her testimony that the decedent had wanted to become a booking agent for Variety Artists. The plane gained altitude after leaving the runway and but clipped the top of a tree about 250 yards past the runway before crashing. Because Louisiana law permits plaintiffs in a wrongful death action to recover for loss of support, which is equivalent to the loss of future earnings, see Viator v. Gilbert, 253 La. Nor is the need for uniformity throughout the United States, which was "(o)ne of the purposes of the Federal Employer's Liability Act," id., 100 S.Ct. PILOT DATA Airline Transport. This impeachment testimony, taken as a whole, in conjunction with the expert testimony of Dr. Gibbons, was sufficient to raise a jury question. Thomas A. Demetrio, Chicago, Ill., Tom Davis, George M. Fleming, Austin, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellees. denied, --- U.S. ----, 100 S.Ct. Mote was a 22-year-old dairy farmer who lived nearby and heard the commotion caused by the plane crash. The Aviation Safety Network is an exclusive service provided by: Charter flight N50JR Beech E18S pilot with ATPL and over 14,000 hours - 2000+ in Beech 18's, departed in fog, aircraft delayed climb for unknown reasons, and collided with the only tree near the end of the runway. See also Dice v. Akron, Canton and Youngstown R. Co., 342 U.S. 359, 362, 72 S.Ct. The judge instructed the jury properly as to the compensatory nature of damages, and specifically listed nine items which the jury might consider. 908 (1918), which should be governed by state law. Damages for Mental Anguish and Loss of Affection. There are so many stories involving the crash. The National Transportation Safety Board said a Springfield man's failure to follow a system while navigating his plane to the final approach for landing was the probable cause of a crash that killed him and two others in 2020.. A final report from the NTSB, three years in the making, couldn't determine whether former Springfield fire chief and alderman Frank Edwards replaced a key component . These additional drugs have no bearing on our decision today. Although other pilots testified for defendants that the deceased pilot's takeoff on the night of the crash was proper, all of the evidence on this issue, when viewed in the light most favorable to plaintiffs, Shipman, 411 F.2d at 374, could have led a "reasonable and fair-minded" person to conclude that the pilot was in fact negligent in taking off in the manner that he did. 2023 : January | February. March 17, 2013. 81, 216 So.2d 821, 822 (1968), the testimony was certainly relevant to the issue of damages. 1 on the U.S. Defendants submit that they owed the decedent only a duty of ordinary care and that they are therefore entitled to a judgment in their favor in light of the additional jury finding that the pilot's failure to exercise ordinary care was not a proximate cause of the crash. Croce with friend, Maury Muehleisen, who also perished in the crash. Defendants complain of the admission of Mr. Neuman's testimony as a "yardstick" by which to measure the decedent's future earnings. A medical transport flight that crashed in a mountainous area in northern Nevada, killing all five people aboard the plane, including a patient, apparently broke apart before hitting the ground,. In the instant case the infant was "otherwise represented"; the child's legal guardian, his mother, brought this action on his behalf. In Guerra v. Young Construction Co., 165 So.2d 882 (La.App. Jim Croce. Defendants further contend that the district court erred in admitting the testimony of Allen Neuman, a former employee of the organization by which the decedent was employed, and the testimony of decedent's wife concerning the decedent's future earnings because such testimony was speculative and conjectural in nature.28 In their view, Louisiana law prohibits the consideration of such evidence in awarding damages for the loss of future earnings. The NTSB report states that while Croce was diagnosed with sleep apnea and coronary artery disease, he did not have "any typical symptoms of related heart pain or congestive heart failure.". Defendants' counsel admitted as much at oral argument,21 and agreed that a passenger traveling with one marijuana cigarette on his person could not be said to be traveling with the intent to transport it. The plaintiffs' expert medical witness testified at length that spatial disorientation resulting from the pilot's taking off into a "black hole" was the cause of the crash. NATCHITOCHES, La., (UPI) - Investigators Friday said they found marijuana in the wreckage of the plane crash that killed singer JIM CROCE and five other persons, but a sheriff admitted the drug probably was not involved in the accident. 239; Hill, Substance and Procedure in State FELA Actions The Converse of the Erie Problem?, 17 Ohio St.L.J. R. Co. v. Vreeland, 227 U.S. 59, 33 S.Ct. In addition, Mustang appeals the district court's holding in the first trial that it is liable for the actions of Roberts Airways. None of the crash reports released were fatal investigations. Maurice T. Muehleisen (January 14, 1949 - September 20, 1973) was an American musician, songwriter, and artist best known for his studio work, live accompaniment, and impact on the music of Jim Croce. Low fuel, a hard-to-reach handle to switch gas tanks and modifications to his homemade airplane may have figured in the crash that . The burden of avoidance of this breach of duty by proof that the Croce group learned from sources other than Mustang of the substitution (of Roberts Airways) can hardly be placed upon the Croce group." The agency said inspectors are documenting the crash site and examining the. The Beechcraft D-18 that Croce had chartered snagged the top of some pecan trees during take-off and crashed, one day before the release of his third album, I Got A Name. Some marijuana and other controlled substances were found in the plane's debris, and a small amount of marijuana was found on the body of the plaintiffs' decedent. It has long been settled that questions concerning the measure of damages in an FELA action are federal in character. I agree, of course, that state rules that interfere with federal policy are to be rejected, even if they might be characterized as "procedural." Linda and Eric Cortese, decedent's wife and minor son, brought this wrongful death action against both Mustang and Roberts Airways. Although defendants presented expert testimony to the effect that the pilot had suffered a heart attack shortly after takeoff,11 the plaintiffs presented evidence that was certainly sufficient to raise doubt in the mind of a reasonable juror that the pilot had suffered a heart attack.12 Plaintiffs contended at trial that various acts of negligence on the part of the pilot, rather than a heart attack, caused the crash.13 Any one of the several negligent acts alleged,14 if proved, would be sufficient to support a jury verdict for plaintiffs. On Sept. 21, 1973, singer Jim Croce who had an outstanding diction, along with an entourage of five people, were killed after their chartered twin-engine Beechcraft plane crashed near the Natchitoches Municipal Airport. Sources: NTSB wikipedia Revision history: Corrections or additions? In any event, the Roberts Airways plane, flown by Robert N. Elliott, followed the itinerary until its fatal crash on leaving Natchitoches airport on September 20.3. Sources: NTSB At the trial below on the issue of damages, there was no inflation of the recovery beyond the amounts testified to by the expert witnesses. Viewer discretion is advised. In his final charge, the judge explained to the jury that he was admitting "evidence of the prior accidents experienced by Robert N. Elliott not because they have any bearing on the cause of the crash now in question but to avoid your possibly concluding (by inference from defendants' experts' testimony) that no such incidents had occurred." The parties stipulated that "(p)ost-crash examination of the wreckage revealed no evidence to indicate material failure or mechanical malfunction of the aircraft prior to impact. 587 (1912). Plane Crash Kills 8 in Singer's Band : Air tragedy: Two crew members also died when jet struck mountain. Marceleno v. State Department of Highways, 367 So.2d 882, 889 (La.App. La.Civ. Mary Reeves was able to speak pretty matter-of-factly about the crash when I met her in the mid-80s. Burnett v. Atteberry, 145 S.W. Ry. December 10 Soul legend Otis Redding dies in a plane crash near Madison, Wisconsin When he left his final recording session in Memphis, Otis Redding intended to return soon to the song he'd. Evidence was also adduced at trial that the pilot, a frequent jogger, unable to secure transportation to the airport, began jogging toward the airport, some three miles away, shortly before flight time. See the Query page for additional information. In essence, decedent's carrying a small amount of marijuana aboard the airplane is immaterial for the purpose of determining the degree of care that a common carrier owes its "passengers.". February 26, 2023, 11:14 AM. The Lyon County Sheriff's Office said it began receiving multiple calls around 9:15 p.m. of a possible aircraft crash in Stagecoach, about 25 . Plane crash killed Jim Croce in Natchitoches, Louisiana in 1973 NEWS Jim Croce: The night the music died in Natchitoches, Louisiana on Sept. 20, 1973 Greg Hilburn The News Star 0:00. . Second, Mustang proceeds upon the assumption that it had no duty to speak. Both Roberts Airways and Mustang bring this appeal, alleging numerous errors in the second and third trials. Moreover, in addition to the testimony of Dr. Gibbons, the plaintiffs sought to impeach the testimony of Dr. Reals during their cross examination of him. Describing at length the condition of the pilot's heart, including extensive narrowing of the arteries, Dr. Reals testified that he believed the pilot had suffered a heart attack, either "a classic coronary with pain or a cardiac arrhythmia, or a sudden cardiac arrest." 1960) (footnote omitted).33 However, no case to which we have been referred stands for the proposition that plaintiffs in a wrongful death action can recover separate monetary awards for loss of love and affection on the one hand and for sorrow and mental anguish on the other. Otherwise, all of Variety Theatre's employees were retained by Variety Artists. Besides the direct evidence of nondisclosure provided by Linden, the district court relied on testimony given by the president of Roberts Airways that it was customary for Roberts Airways not to disclose to customers that they were substituting for Mustang. See Barfield v. Howard M. Smith Co., 426 S.W.2d 834 (Tex.1968). In the last year, the NTSB investigated 11 plane crashes in South Dakota and only four have final reports. Mustang did not. Evidence of a pertinent trait of character of the victim of the crime offered by an accused, or by the prosecution to rebut the same, or evidence of a character trait of peacefulness of the victim offered by the prosecution in a homicide case to rebut evidence that the victim was the first aggressor; (3) Character of witness. 1978) (contrasting nonpecuniary loss with pecuniary loss), writ ref'd 369 So.2d 1364 (La. Both of those cases state that government regulations have the "force and effect of law," but neither case concerns a violation of a governmental regulation by a defendant or addresses the issue of negligence per se. From the third trial, defendants appeal the court's admitting certain testimony concerning the decedent's future earnings, its refusing to give an instruction that any damages awarded by the jury would not be subject to federal income tax, and its permitting the jury to award separate damages for mental anguish and loss of love and affection. In 1990, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Our caution is dictated at least in part by a fear that a contrary decision could result in further "fragmentizing" of awards for nonpecuniary losses in future cases. at 759 (emphasis added). (Emphasis the courts) . "5 Mustang contends that it is not liable under either theory. His songs "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" and "Time in a Bottle" reached No. (emphasis added). In connection with this question, you may consider the following elements: (a) care, maintenance, and support; (b) household services; (c) love, affection, counsel, and guidance; and (d) sorrow, mental anguish, or grief suffered as a result of his death. For his services the decedent was paid $700 per month, plus a yearly bonus of $400-500. There was evidence of a custom or practice of Mustang and Roberts not to disclose a substitution of Roberts for Mustang in situations where Mustang was not able to perform a contracted for charter. The special interrogatory on damages34 that the judge in Blancher submitted to the jury required the jury to fix a single dollar figure to compensate the plaintiff for both loss of love and affection and grief and mental anguish.35 Blancher thus cannot be read to support the duplicative recovery permitted in the instant case. Fate messes around with Jim The answers are common sense deductions from the evidence. See Conway v. Chemical Leaman Tank Lines, Inc., 610 F.2d 360 (5th Cir. Moreover, he had landed at the Natchitoches airport only 20 minutes before the airplane crash. In the absence of contrary authority,42 we follow the mandate of Guerra in upholding the district court's refusal to give the instruction. See, e. g., Note, State Enforcement of Federally Created Rights, 73 Harv.L.Rev. Marijuana, hashish, and a variety of other drugs were found on the bodies and in the luggage of other members of the Jim Croce Group, and other controlled substances were found in the aircraft. Despite the fact that it was so stipulated the Defendants have repeatedly referred to these certifications in differing factual contexts to communicate to the Jury that Robert N. Elliott was a safe and careful pilot. N26DK Hawker Beechcraft Premier Jet Aircraft Accident South Bend, IND. Instrument Rated. There was no evidence adduced at trial to show that these other drugs were the property of the decedent. at 374. Evidence of other crimes, wrongs, or acts is not admissible to prove the character of a person in order to show that he acted in conformity therewith. Code Ann. 232, 234, 88 L.Ed. Mr. St. Martin wired Mustang the agreed upon fee ($952.63). A formal autopsy was not done at the time; however, the cause of his death is listed as massive head as the result of the plane crash. ---. The twin-engine Cessna went down shortly after takeoff. For all those reasons, and for the reasons which the Court will articulate after the verdict, the Plaintiff will be allowed hereafter to cross examine with regard to the prior record of Mr. Elliott and its effect upon the opinions of the witnesses and to offer into evidence affirmatively his record. "(I)f there is substantial evidence opposed to the motions, that is, evidence of such quality and weight that reasonable and fair-minded men in the exercise of impartial judgment might reach different conclusions, the motions should be denied, and the case submitted to the jury." In light of Linden's testimony, this finding is not clearly erroneous. See also Francis v. Government Employers Insurance Co., 376 So.2d 609 (La.App. 404.22 The trial transcript makes clear, however, that the judge permitted this evidence to be introduced not for the purpose proscribed by Rule 404 but for the limited purpose of rebutting certain opinions given by defendants' experts concerning the pilot's previous deportment as a pilot.23 We agree with the district court, whose ruling is set out in the margin,24 that the admission of the evidence for this circumscribed purpose was entirely proper.25 Moreover, since the defendants themselves, despite repeated warnings by the trial court, "place(d) the general reputation of the pilot in issue, see n.24, supra, they cannot now be heard to complain of the district court's error, if any, in admitting this evidence. The thrust of defendants' argument is that their contract of carriage with the decedent is void because it had an illegal purpose: to transport the marijuana. at 757 n.5, implicated in a cause of action brought to vindicate a state-created right. Allen Neuman, a former road manager for Variety Theatre, testified that he had been trained for that position by the decedent. The jury found that the pilot's failure to exercise the highest degree of care was a proximate cause of the airplane crash. 105, 94 L.Ed. In the opening statement of the Counsel, both defense Counsel specifically told the Jury that they intended to show that the pilot was extremely capable, experienced and in general possessed traits of being a safe pilot. Between 1966 and 1973, he released five studio albums and numerous singles. Often, he found himself touring and playing at one college campus after another. 1386, 60th Cong., 1st Sess., p. 3 (1908). Croce was born in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to James . Co. v. United States, 251 U.S. 342, 40 S.Ct. (a) Character evidence generally. He and his manager/piano player Dean Manuel were killed in the violent crash, at 4:52 p.m. on Friday, July 31. 369, Reeves v. La. Jim Croce's one of the musicians who was gone too soon. In our view, this distinction is crucial. The final report for the crash will be released in 12 to 24 months, NTSB said. at 757 and n.5 (emphasis added). United States Court of Appeals,Fifth Circuit. 582 (1912): "An estoppel may arise as effectually from silence, where it is a duty to speak, as from words spoken. James Joseph Croce ( / kroti /; January 10, 1943 - September 20, 1973) was an American folk and rock singer-songwriter. Co., 257 La. For the reasons stated above, we affirm the district court's imposition of joint and several liability on Mustang and Roberts Airways for plaintiffs' damages, as modified herein. Variety Artists in support of another theory was simply not confronted with the issue presented Guerra... 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