AMERICAN EMPLOYERS INS. CO. v. BENJAMIN FOSTER CO.

No. 153 of 1949.

89 F.Supp. 428 (1950)

AMERICAN EMPLOYERS INS. CO. and to Use of WALKER v. BENJAMIN FOSTER CO., Inc.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

March 27, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. McDevitt, 3d, Philadelphia, Pa., for libellant.

Howard R. Detweiler, Philadelphia, Pa., for respondent.


McGRANERY, District Judge.

This is an action in admiralty for damages for personal injuries sustained by Richard W. Walker while working aboard a vessel docked in navigable waters in the State of Washington. Originally, the suit was brought by the American Employers Insurance Company, "to the use of Walker, as his interests may appear", but the respondent's exceptions to the libel were sustained on the ground that the action had not been brought in the name of the...

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