GALLANT v. WATERMAN S. S. CORPORATION


90 F.Supp. 495 (1950)

GALLANT v. WATERMAN S. S. CORPORATION et al.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

May 18, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irving H. Saypol, United States Attorney, New York City, Martin J. Norris, Special Assistant to United States Attorney, New York City, for respondent-impleaded, United States of America.

Gay & Behrens, New York City, Edward J. Behrens, New York City, for respondent-petitioners.


IRVING R. KAUFMAN, District Judge.

Respondent-impleaded, United States of America, has excepted to the impleading petition on the ground that respondent-impleaded is a sovereign which has not consented to be sued pursuant to statute or otherwise upon the cause of action alleged.

On September 9, 1948, libelant Joseph E. Gallant, a seaman, was injured while ashore in Germany when the vehicle in which he was riding overturned. Gallant filed a libel against Waterman...

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