SPANOS v. THE LILY

No. 7807.

163 F.Supp. 335 (1958)

Dimitrios SPANOS, Libellant, v. THE Steamship LILY, her engines, etc., and Fortaleza Compagnia Naviera, S.A., of Panama, etc., Respondents.

United States District Court E. D. Virginia. Norfolk Division.

February 28, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney H. Kelsey and Peter K. Babalas, Norfolk, Va., for libellant.

Vandeventer, Black & Meredith, Norfolk, Va., for respondents.


WALTER E. HOFFMAN, District Judge.

Libellant, a citizen of Greece and a seaman on board the vessel Lily, flying a Liberian flag and owned by a Panama corporation, was injured while aboard the vessel on January 7, 1957. The libel, prepared by an experienced and able proctor, makes the following recitation of events:

"That on January 7, 1957, while the vessel S. S. Lily was docking at her pier at Newport News, Virginia the libellant, a carpenter on said vessel...

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