OSNOVITZ v. UNITED STATES

No. 10913.

204 F.2d 654 (1953)

OSNOVITZ v. UNITED STATES et al.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided May 28, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Lakatos, Philadelphia, Pa. (Joseph Weiner, Freedman, Landy & Lorry, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellant.

Mark D. Alspach, Philadelphia, Pa. (Joseph G. Hildenberger, U. S. Atty., Philadelphia, Pa., Gerald A. Gleeson, U. S. Atty., Philadelphia, Pa., Krusen, Evans & Shaw, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellee, American Pac. S.S. Co.

J. Webster Jones, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellee Maritime Ship Cleaning & Maintenance Co. Inc.

Before BIGGS, Chief Judge, and GOODRICH and McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judges.


GOODRICH, Circuit Judge.

This is an action for personal injuries brought by a longshoreman. The alleged injuries occurred while the appellant, Joseph Osnovitz, was engaged in loading ship stores on board a vessel called the "Shawnee Trail" on October 1, 1948. The libel is brought against the United States by virtue of the Public Vessels Act, 46 U.S.C.A. §§ 781-799.

The "Shawnee Trail" was a tanker. On the date in question a crew of longshoremen employed...

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