RUSSO v. UNITED STATES

No. 18381.

183 F.Supp. 673 (1958)

Guiseppe RUSSO, Libelant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent and Universal Terminal & Stevedoring Co., Inc., Impleaded-Respondent.

United States District Court E. D. New York.

May 5, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph C. Victor, Brooklyn, N. Y., for libelant, Alfred S. Julien, New York City, of counsel.

Cornelius W. Wickersham, Jr., U. S. Atty., Brooklyn, N. Y., proctor for United States, Tompkins Boal & McQuade, New York City, of counsel.

Galli & Locker, New York City, proctors for impleaded-respondent, Patrick J. McCann, New York City, of counsel.


ABRUZZO, District Judge.

This is a suit in Admiralty brought by the libelant against the respondent, United States of America, owner of the ship James Lykes. The libelant, a longshoreman, was in the employ of the impleaded-respondent, Universal Terminal & Stevedoring Company, Inc., doing longshore work on the ship at the time of his accident.

The case was tried heretofore in this Court and a decree was found in favor of the libelant. The opinion upon which...

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