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GIBSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 11176.

211 F.2d 425 (1954)

GIBSON v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided April 7, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abraham E. Freedman, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant.

Thomas E. Byrne, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa. (W. Wilson White, U. S. Atty., Springer H. Moore, Jr., Rowland C. Evans, Jr., Krusen, Evans & Shaw, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellee.

Before BIGGS, Chief Judge, and MARIS and STALEY, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

This is a suit in admiralty brought by a seaman (now deceased) against the United States as owner and operator of the vessel upon which through a succession of heart attacks he became disabled. The liability of the United States is alleged by the libellant to be predicated upon an unseaworthy throttle, the use of which was asserted to have brought on one of the attacks, upon the negligence of the master of the vessel in failing to provide proper care and...

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