FERNER v. BETHLEHEM STEEL CORPORATION

No. 2296.

179 F.Supp. 518 (1960)

Fred A. FERNER, Libellant, v. BETHLEHEM STEEL CORPORATION and Boland & Cornelius, Respondents.

United States District Court W. D. New York.

January 13, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jaeckle, Fleischmann, Kelly, Swart and Augspurger, Buffalo, N. Y., for libellant.

Coffey, Heffernan & Harrison, Buffalo, N. Y., for respondents.


HENDERSON, District Judge.

Respondents have applied for summary judgment dismissing the libel herein on the ground of laches and the statute of limitations.

This is a suit in admiralty for maintenance and cure and for damages for injuries allegedly caused by the unseaworthiness of the respondent Bethlehem Steel Corporation's vessel. Libellant has stated in his brief on this motion that the action is in no way founded on the Jones Act, 41 Stat. 1007 (1920)...

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