SULLIVAN v. UNITED STATES


130 F.Supp. 53 (1955)

Leonard Lester SULLIVAN, Libelant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

April 15, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacob Rassner, New York City, for libelant, Harvey Goldstein, New York City, of counsel.

J. Edward Lumbard, U. S. Atty., New York City, for respondent appearing specially, Leavenworth Colby, Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen., Benjamin H. Berman, Atty., Dept. of Justice, New York City, of counsel.


IRVING R. KAUFMAN, District Judge.

Libelant sues in admiralty for damages for personal injuries allegedly based upon negligence and unseaworthiness and for maintenance and cure. He was employed as a seaman by the United States, through the Inland Waterways Corporation, a wholly owned instrumentality of the United States. The accident took place aboard the Illinois, a ship which was owned, manned and operated by the Inland...

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