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FINLEY v. UNITED STATES

No. 12087.

244 F.2d 125 (1957)

Thomas FINLEY, Libellant-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent, Todd Shipyards Corporation, Impleaded Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided May 13, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Brennan, Jr., Garden City, N. Y. (Francis McInerney, Jersey City, N. J., Michael E. Hanrahan, New York City, on the brief), for libelant-appellant.

Joseph M. Cunningham, New York City (Chester Weidenburner, U. S. Atty., for the District of New Jersey, Newark, N. J., Kirlin, Campbell & Keating, New York City, on the brief), for respondent.

Brause, Callaghan & Koenig, Newark, N. J., on the brief, for third-party respondent-impleaded.

Before McLAUGHLIN, STALEY and HASTIE, Circuit Judges.

STALEY, Circuit Judge.

Nearly a decade of litigation has preceded this appeal in admiralty. It was on May 19, 1947, that appellant Thomas Finley was seriously injured while pursuing his duties as a welder aboard the S.S. Neosho, a vessel owned by the United States. Marine Transport Lines, Inc., was the general agent of the United States engaged to perform shoreside husbanding services on the Neosho. Finley was employed by the Todd Shipyards Corporation, which had...

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