KISSINGER v. UNITED STATES

No. 20402.

176 F.Supp. 828 (1959)

John KISSINGER, Libelant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Petitioner (Agmarine Contracting Co., Inc., Respondent-Impleaded, and International Elevating Company, Respondent-Impleaded).

United States District Court E. D. New York.

September 14, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Zimmerman & Zimmerman, New York City, by Bernard K. Zimmerman, New York City, for libelant.

Cornelius W. Wickersham, Jr., U. S. Atty. for Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, N. Y., by Walter L. Hopkins, Admiralty and Shipping Section, Department of Justice, New York City, for the U. S.

Lawless & Lynch, New York City, by William F. Larkin, New York City, for Agmarine Contracting Co., Inc.

Galli & Locker, New York City, by Patrick J. McCann, New York City, for International Elevating Co.


RAYFIEL, District Judge.

The libelant, an employee of Agmarine Contracting Co., Inc., hereinafter called Agmarine, filed his libel for the recovery of damages from the respondent for injuries which he sustained on August 6, 1953, on board the S.S. Lord Delaware, owned by the respondent. His claim, bottomed on both unseaworthiness and negligence, is that while necessarily walking on and across certain hatchcovers on hatch No. 3 of said vessel for the purpose of returning...

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