IRWIN v. UNITED STATES

No. A 19221.

111 F.Supp. 912 (1953)

IRWIN v. UNITED STATES et al.

United States District Court E. D. New York.

April 29, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bertram J. Dembo, New York City, Jacob Rassner, New York City, for libelant.

Haight, Deming, Gardner, Poor & Havens, New York City, Frank J. Parker, U. S. Atty., Brooklyn, N. Y., J. Ward O'Neill, New York City, for respondent.

Kirlin, Campbell & Keating, New York City, Raymond Parmer, New York City, for respondent-impleaded.


BYERS, District Judge.

This is an admiralty cause in which the libelant seeks recovery because of personal injury suffered by him on January 26, 1949, while he was assistant surgeon on the passenger steamship Marine Perch (to be called the Perch), owned by the United States and operated by American Export Lines, Inc., as agent.

A motor lifeboat No. 4 on the port side was being launched from the Perch for the purpose of removing an injured mate of the Greek...

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