ROBERTS v. UNITED STATES

No. 97, Docket 21785.

186 F.2d 1005 (1951)

ROBERTS v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided February 7, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry Eisenberg and Robert Klonsky, both of New York City, for libellant-appellant.

Irving H. Saypol, U. S. Atty., Kirlin, Campbell, Hickox & Keating, Raymond Parmer and Vernon Sims Jones, all of New York City, for respondent-appellee.

Before AUGUSTUS N. HAND, CLARK and FRANK, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

The libellant, Roberts, was a quartermaster on the S.S. Birch Coulie, a vessel owned, operated and controlled by the United States. He was found by the District Court to have fallen on board the vessel because insufficient lights were furnished to enable him to go about his work safely, and to have suffered injuries through the respondent's negligence. He was awarded $1,050. After free hospital treatment, he returned to work as a seaman, at which he had...

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