PETTERSEN v. THE BERTHA BROVIG


92 F.Supp. 895 (1950)

PETTERSEN v. THE BERTHA BROVIG.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

May 4, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacob Rassner, New York City, Jack Steinman, New York City, of counsel, for libellant.

Pyne, Lynch & Smith, New York City, Warner Pyne and Thomas A. Sully, New York City, of counsel, for claimant.


CLANCY, District Judge.

This is a motion by the respondent addressed to the Court's discretion requesting that jurisdiction of libellant's claim be declined. The action is for damages for personal injury brought in admiralty by a citizen of Norway now a resident of Mexico against a vessel of Norwegian registry owned and operated under the Norwegian flag by a Norwegian corporation. The vessel is in drydock at Bremen, Germany, and its crew dispersed. The libellant's...

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