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GEERTSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 11461.

223 F.2d 68 (1955)

Paul J. GEERTSON, Donald Hogan, a Minor, by Paul Hogan, His Father and Next Friend, and Paul Hogan v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided June 8, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan S. Rosenthal, Washington, D. C., Warren E. Burger, Asst. Atty. Gen., John W. McIlvaine, U. S. Atty., Pittsburgh, Pa., Samuel D. Slade, Alan S. Rosenthal, Attorneys, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

William F. Illig, Erie, Pa., for appellees.

Before MARIS and HASTIE, Circuit Judges, and MILLER, District Judge.

MARIS, Circuit Judge.

The United States appeals from a decree entered in favor of the libellants by the District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania in an action brought under the Public Vessels Act of 19251 for the recovery of damages for personal injuries and property damage allegedly sustained as the result of the negligence of the officer in command of a Coast Guard patrol boat which was engaged in towing the Anna G, a disabled...

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