MANDEL v. UNITED STATES

No. 10385.

191 F.2d 164 (1951)

MANDEL v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided August 16, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leavenworth Colby, Washington, D. C., (Holmes Baldridge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Gerald A. Gleeson, U. S. Atty., Philadelphia, Pa., J. Frank Staley, Washington, D. C., James P. McCormick, Philadelphia, Pa., Patrick F. Cooney, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for appellant.

Abraham E. Freedman, and Freedman, Landy & Lorry, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellee.

Before GOODRICH and KALODNER, Circuit Judges and MARSH, District Judge.


GOODRICH, Circuit Judge.

This appeal brings before the Court the question of the right of a civilian crew member of a ship owned and operated by the United States to sue the government for injuries received in the course of his employment.

October 8, 1946 a libel was filed by the administrator of the estate of Robert Dillehay, Jr. against the United States of America seeking damages in behalf of deceased's widow and child. It alleged that on October 15, 1944...

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