ROWBOTHAM v. THE ATLANTIC


192 F.Supp. 705 (1961)

The libel and complaint of Laura M. ROWBOTHAM, as Executrix of the Estate of Jacob Hess Rowbotham, Deceased, Libelant, v. THE Steamship ATLANTIC, her engines, boilers, tackle, apparel and furniture, American Banner Lines, Inc., and Dr. William E. Persing, in a cause of tort and damage, civil and maritime, Respondents.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

March 24, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Casey, Lane & Mittendorf, New York City, for libelant; William E. Kelly, New York City, of counsel.

Anthony J. Randolph, New York City, for respondent Persing.


SUGARMAN, District Judge.

Libelant, as executrix of her husband's estate, sues in admiralty for his conscious pain and suffering and death due to the claimed negligence of respondents, a vessel, its owner and its physician. Decedent died on board the vessel, on which he and libelant were passengers, from injuries sustained by him during a voyage and while under the physician's care.

Libelant objects to interrogatories served upon her by the physician respondent...

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