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FIRIPIS v. THE S/S MARGARITIS

No. 7946.

181 F.Supp. 48 (1960)

Georgios FIRIPIS, Libellant, v. THE S/S MARGARITIS, her boats, engines, etc., in rem, Southern Cross Steamship Co., Inc., a foreign corporation, as owners, operators and agents of said vessel and Hasler and Company, as agents, in personam, Respondents.

United States District Court E. D. Virginia, Norfolk Division.

February 8, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney H. Kelsey, Norfolk, Va., Amato, Babalas, Breit & Cohen, Peter K. Babalas, Norfolk, Va., for libellant.

Vandeventer, Black, Meredith & Martin, Walter B. Martin, Jr., Norfolk, Va., for respondents.

WALTER E. HOFFMAN, District Judge.

Libellant, an A/B seaman employed on the S. S. Margaritis, was injured on April 1, 1958, while the vessel was in drydock for minor repairs at Norfolk, Virginia. The accident occurred at approximately 3 P.M. while libellant was assisting in moving an oxygen tank from a pallet or crib which had brought the tank and other shipstore supplies from the dock to the deck of the vessel. The tank, weighing about 120 pounds, required the services...

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