THE S. S. SAMOVAR

No. 23891-R.

72 F.Supp. 574 (1947)

THE S. S. SAMOVAR.

District Court, N. D. California, S. D.

April 24, 1947.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin M. Belli, of San Francisco, Cal., for libelant.

Frank J. Hennessy, U. S. Atty., and William E. Licking, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of San Francisco, Cal., for respondent United States.

Thelen, Marrin, Johnson & Bridges and Bruce Walkup, all of San Francisco, Cal., for respondent Permanente Metals Corporation.

Lillick, Geary, Olson & Charles and Edwin L. Gerhardt, all of San Francisco, Cal., for claimant British Ministry of War Transport.

John H. Black and Edward R. Kay, both of San Francisco, Cal., for impleaded respondent Luckenbach S. S. Co., Inc.


MATHES, District Judge.

Libelant, a longshoreman, filed his libel in rem and personam against the steamship Samovar, the Permanente Metals Corporation, as builder, and the United States of America, as owner, seeking damages for injuries suffered while engaged in stevedoring work aboard the vessel.

A claim to compensation under the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C.A. § 901 et seq., was also filed by libelant, but he has elected...

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