AIRD v. UNITED STATES

No. 167 of 1951.

116 F.Supp. 281 (1953)

AIRD v. UNITED STATES.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

September 12, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Freedman, Landy and Lorry, Philadelphia, Pa., for libellant.

Joseph G. Hildenberger, U. S. Atty., and Krusen, Evans & Shaw, Philadelphia, Pa., for respondent.


KIRKPATRICK, Chief Judge.

This libel was filed to recover damages for the wrongful discharge of the libellant from the respondent's vessel, the S. S. Walt Whitman. The respondent in its answer admits the wrongful discharge, and the contest here is as to the amount of damages to which the libellant is entitled.

The libellant was discharged on August 12, 1942, while the vessel was in the port of New York. He was unable, because of the security implications involved...

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