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RICH v. UNITED STATES

No. 21, Docket 21345.

177 F.2d 688 (1949)

RICH v. UNITED STATES et al.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided November 7, 1949.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. X. McGohey, U. S. Atty., New York City, John L. Quinlan, New York City, and Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, New York City, for appellant.

Harry Teichner, Brooklyn, N. Y., and S. Spevack, Brooklyn, N. Y., for respondent.

Before AUGUSTUS N. HAND, CHASE and FRANKS, Circuit Judges.

CHASE, Circuit Judge.

Rich, the appellee, was a tank cleaner employed by Pyrate Tank Cleaners, Inc. His employer was performing a contract it had made to clean the tanks of the S. S. William Crompton, a vessel owned and operated by the United States and moored at Pier 35, Brooklyn, N. Y., when on September 14, 1945 he was injured by falling from a Jacob's ladder while working on that job. Pyrate Tank Cleaners, Inc., was an employer liable to him pursuant to the provisions...

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