O'NEILL v. UNITED STATES

No. 287 of 1946.

79 F.Supp. 827 (1948)

O'NEILL v. UNITED STATES et al.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

August 23, 1948.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abraham L. Freedman and William M. Alper, of Freedman, Landy & Lorry, all of Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

Thomas F. McGovern, Sp. Atty., Department of Justice, of Washington, D. C., and Gerald A. Gleeson, U. S. Atty., and James P. McCormick, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Philadelphia, Pa., for defendants.


KIRKPATRICK, District Judge.

This is an action under the Suits in Admiralty Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 741 et seq., brought by a seaman for personal injuries sustained when the tanker Cedar Mills was damaged by an explosion in the harbor of Ancona, Italy, on November 19, 1945. Although not averred in the libel, there now seems to be no doubt that the Cedar Mills was sunk by a German mine. The specifications of negligence in the libel relate mainly to the navigation of...

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