1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.Supp.
  4. 197 F.Supp.
  5. 197 F.Supp. 406 (1960)
 

MOON v. UNITED STATES

No. 20418.

197 F.Supp. 406 (1960)

Benjamin J. MOON, Libelant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent. UNITED STATES of America, Petitioner-Respondent, v. IRA S. BUSHEY & SONS, INC., Respondent-Impleaded. IRA S. BUSHEY & SONS, INC., Petitioner-Respondent-Impleaded, v. TOLLEFSEN BROS., INC. and George Tollefsen and Margaret A. Tollefsen, co-partners, doing business under the name and style of Tollefsen Bros., Respondent-Impleaded.

United States District Court E. D. New York.

July 20, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aaron J. Broder, New York City, for libelant, Leonard L. Steinman, New York City, of counsel.

Cornelius W. Wickersham, Jr., U. S. Atty., Brooklyn, N. Y., for U. S., Benjamin H. Berman and Walter L. Hopkins, Admiralty & Shipping Section, Dept. of Justice, New York City, of counsel.

Charles G. Tierney, New York City, Raymond C. Green, New York City, of counsel, and Lawless & Lynch, New York City, for respondent-impleaded, Ira S. Bushey & Sons, Inc., Howard Davis, of counsel.

Victor J. Herwitz, New York City, for respondent-impleaded, Tollefsen Brothers, Benjamin R. Kaplan, New York City, of counsel.

ABRUZZO, District Judge.

Libelant instituted this suit against the respondent, United States of America, as owner of the Floating Drydock ARD-7 to recover damages for personal injuries sustained on January 15, 1954, while employed as a welder aboard the vessel by respondent-impleaded Ira S. Bushey & Sons, Inc., hereinafter referred to as Bushey, due to the unseaworthiness of the vessel and failure of respondent to provide him with a safe place within which to...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases