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Photograph caption dated August 7, 1958 reads "Vito Galasso Jr., 14, shown with his parents, today won $105,000 settlement for injuries suffered in Jan. 31, 1957, plane crash in Pacoima." The boy was burned when a Douglas DC7B transport crashed into the Pacoima Junior High School yard after colliding with a Northrop jet trainer plane. Douglas Aircraft and Northrop Aircraft Corporation were sued by the boy and his parents. Pictured with them is an unidentified man, probably their attorney, Mark Niesen.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Douglas Aircraft Company--Trials, litigation, etc Northrop Aircraft, Inc.--Trials, litigation, etc California.--Superior Court (Los Angeles County) Men--California--San Fernando Women--California--San Fernando Boys--California--San Fernando Families--California--San Fernando Aircraft accident victims--California--San Fernando Signs and signboards--California--San Fernando Courthouses--California--San Fernando San Fernando (Calif.) Group portraits Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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