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BRADT v. UNITED STATES

No. 237, Docket 23409.

221 F.2d 325 (1955)

William F. BRADT, Libelant-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided April 7, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry D. Graham, New York City, for libelant-appellee.

Eugene Underwood, New York City (Leonard P. Moore, U. S. Atty. for Eastern Dist. of N. Y., Brooklyn, N. Y., Burlingham, Hupper & Kennedy and James W. Lynch, New York City, and Robert B. Pohl, Brooklyn, N. Y., on the brief), for respondent-appellant.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, FRANK, Circuit Judge, and GALSTON, District Judge.

CLARK, Chief Judge.

Libelant, an assistant engineer on the vessel Pittston Victory, contracted tuberculosis during his employment on board the ship. Judge Bruchhausen found the illness to have been caused by the unseaworthiness of the vessel's crew and facilities and awarded him $13,000 as compensatory damages and $2,000 for pain and suffering. D.C.E.D.N.Y., 122 F.Supp. 190. These are the awards contested by the respondent on...

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