GARDNER v. PANAMA CANAL CO.

No. 3097.

115 F.Supp. 687 (1953)

GARDNER v. PANAMA CANAL CO.

District Court, Canal Zone Division Balboa.

April 24, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Van Siclen, Ramirez & de Castro, Ancon, Canal Zone, for libelant.

Paul Bentz, Paul Runnestrand, David Markun, J. M. Thomson, Balboa Heights, Canal Zone, and Victor Dobrin, Los Angeles, Cal., for respondent.


CROWE, District Judge.

As stated by the Supreme Court of the United States in its opinion of November 5, 1951, 342 U.S. 29, 72 S.Ct. 12, 96 L.Ed. 31, this suit in admiralty, a libel in personam, is petitioner's third attempt to secure damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained while a passenger on respondent's steamship.

The first action was dismissed after the respondent had successfully maintained that the...

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