ABBOTT v. UNITED STATES


61 F.Supp. 989 (1945)

ABBOTT v. UNITED STATES.

District Court, S. D. New York.

May 24, 1945.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George J. Engelman, of New York City, for libelant.

John F. X. McGohey, U. S. Atty., of New York City (Edward J. Behrens and Charles H. Lawson, both of New York City, of counsel), for respondent.


KNOX, District Judge.

Libelant, a seaman employed on board the steamer Beauregard, a vessel owned by the United States, here sues for damages, allegedly sustained through negligence on the part of the ship.

On August 15, 1943, the day of libelant's injury, the vessel lay at anchor near Methel, Scotland. She had crossed the Atlantic in convoy and was about to proceed to another port. Shortly before the hour of departure, and while libelant and another seaman...

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