NASTA v. UNITED STATES


181 F.Supp. 906 (1959)

Saverio NASTA et al., Libelants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

July 23, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacob Rassner, New York City, for libelant.

Arthur H. Christy, U. S. Atty., New York City, Benjamin H. Berman, New York City, Admiralty and Shipping Section, Department of Justice, William A. Wilson, New York City, and Robert D. Klages, New York City, of counsel, for respondent.


KNOX, District Judge.

In this suit, ten persons, former employees of Constable Hook Shipyard, Inc., of Bayonne, New Jersey, seek to recover damages from the United States for injuries (contact dermatitis) allegedly sustained in June and July, 1955, while doing work in the holds of a deactivated vessel, the John Marshall, owned by the United States, and undergoing repairs and alterations, at the aforesaid shipyard.

As originally begun, the action was founded...

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