WALKER v. UNITED STATES


102 F.Supp. 618 (1951)

WALKER v. UNITED STATES.

United States of America. S. D. New York.

March 29, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin B. Sterling, New York City, Seymour W. Miller, Betty H. Olchin, New York City, for libelant.

Irving H. Saypol, U. S. Atty., New York City, Tompkins, Boal & Tompkins and Arthur M. Boal, all of New York City, for respondent.


GODDARD, District Judge.

This is a suit by the administrator of the estate of James H. Walker, a seaman who was killed while a torpedo net was being jettisoned from the S.S. William B. Wilson, a vessel owned by the United States and operated by the War Shipping Administration.

The libel alleges that the libelant's intestate was not provided with competent officers and coworkers; that libelant's intestate was not provided with a safe place in which to work...

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