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McALLISTER v. UNITED STATES

No. 48, Docket 22779.

207 F.2d 952 (1953)

McALLISTER v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided November 12, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard P. Moore, U. S. Atty., Brooklyn, N. Y. by Gray & Wythe, New York City, proctor for respondent-appellant-appellee; Horace M. Gray and Edward R. Phillips, New York City, advocates.

Bertram J. Dembo, New York City, proctor for libellant-appellee-appellant; Jacob Rassner, New York City, advocate.

Before L. HAND, SWAN and AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judges.

AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge.

Libellant brought suit against the United States under the Suits in Admiralty Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 741 et seq., to recover damages as a result of the respondent's alleged negligence in creating conditions conducive to the transmission of polio on board the War Shipping Administration Liberty Ship Edward B. Haines and for its failure to provide adequate treatment to the libellant when he contracted poliomyelitis as a result of such...

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