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HENDRICKSEN v. HUGH ROBERTS & SON

74 F.Supp. 72 (1947)

HENDRICKSEN v. HUGH ROBERTS & SON et al.

District Court, S. D. New York.

August 18, 1947.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Max Lustig, of New York City, for libelant.

Kirlin, Campbell, Hickox & Keating, of New York City (Vernon S. Jones, of New York City, of counsel), for British Ministry of War Transport and Hugh Roberts & Son.

E. C. Sherwood, of New York City (Royce Wilson, of New York City, of counsel), for Carter & Weekes Stevedoring Co.

KENNEDY, District Judge.

Originally libelant sued the British Ministry of War Transport to recover damages for personal injuries, sustained by libelant, as he was descending a swimming (pilot) ladder rigged over the side of S. S. Empire Wycliff. The British Ministry of War Transport admitted in its answer that it owned and operated the steamer, but, among other things, it asserted affirmatively that it enjoyed sovereign immunity. At the opening of the trial it developed...

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