OLAH v. S.S. JALADURGA

No. 8330.

230 F.Supp. 161 (1964)

John T. OLAH, Libelant, v. S.S. JALADURGA, her engines, boilers, etc., and Scindia Steam Navigation Co., Ltd., in rem, Respondents. SCINDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., Ltd., Impleading Petitioner, v. MOON ENGINEERING COMPANY, Incorporated, Impleaded Respondent.

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

June 10, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Parsons, Stant & Parsons, L. S. Parsons, Jr., Norfolk, Va., for libelant Olah.

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

Rixey & Rixey, William B. Eley, Norfolk, Va., for Moon Engineering Co., Inc.


WALTER E. HOFFMAN, Chief Judge.

Libelant, a first class machinist employed by Moon Engineering Company, was injured on January 9, 1963, while doing repair work at or near the No. 4 hold of the SS JALADURGA. Several of the vessel's deep tank tops had been removed from the various holds and had been placed on deck. Some tops required straightening, while others went through the process of having nuts removed from the cover because they had become frozen. The particular...

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