WHYATT v. UNITED STATES

No. 17560.

92 F.Supp. 543 (1950)

WHYATT v. UNITED STATES et al.

United States District Court E. D. New York.

May 24, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Vincent Keogh, United States Attorney, Brooklyn, N. Y., Martin J. Norris, Benjamin H. Berman, and Sidney J. Ungar, all of New York City, for libelant.

John P. Smith, New York City, Albert S. Commette, New York City, for respondent, Jarka Corporation.


INCH, Chief Judge.

Libelant sues the Government under the provisions of the Public Vessels Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 781 et seq., and the Suits in Admiralty Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 741 et seq., for personal injury sustained by him when he was struck by a number of bags of sugar while working as a stevedore aboard the U. S. S. Bayfield, at Pier 34, North River, on August 4, 1943. The ship was owned by the Government which has impleaded libelant's employer, the Jarka...

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