FARINA v. UNITED STATES

No. 2018 Admiralty.

109 F.Supp. 645 (1953)

FARINA v. UNITED STATES et al.

United States District Court E. D. Louisiana, New Orleans Division.

January 14, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amos L. Ponder, Jr., New Orleans, La., for libelant.

John N. McKay, U. S. Atty., and Francis A. Ledet, Asst. U. S. Atty., New Orleans, La., for respondents.

Edward J. Boyle, New Orleans, La., for intervener, T. Smith & Son, Inc.


WRIGHT, District Judge.

Libelant, a longshoreman, was injured when he fell through a hatch opening in Inland Waterways Corporation Barge No. 254. He alleges unseaworthiness and unsafe place to work as the cause of his injuries. T. Smith & Son, Inc., libelant's employer, has intervened claiming reimbursement for compensation paid libelant and medical expenses incurred in his behalf. Respondents deny libelant's allegations of unseaworthiness and unsafe place to...

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