LARSEN v. UNITED STATES

No. 17703.

72 F.Supp. 137 (1947)

LARSEN v. UNITED STATES.

District Court, E. D. New York.

June 30, 1947.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert J. De Varco, of New York City, for libellant.

J. Vincent Keogh, U. S. Atty., of New York City (Tompkins, Boal & Tompkins and Arthur M. Boal, all of New York City, of Counsel), for respondent.


GALSTON, District Judge.

Albert H. P. Larsen was employed as a seaman on the S/S John W. Burgess, owned by the respondent. The vessel, at the time of his death, had been, on May 29, 1945, tied up alongside the shipyard of the Stockton Ship Works at Stockton, California.

The vessel was a Liberty ship, and at the time of mooring apparently the ship's gangways could not be used because the part of the ship to which they were attached was not alongside the pier...

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