McLAUGHLIN v. DREDGE GLOUCESTER

Civ. A. No. 64-64.

230 F.Supp. 623 (1964)

Catharine McLAUGHLIN, Administratrix ad prosequendum of the Estate of Hugh J. McLaughlin, deceased, Libellant, v. The DREDGE GLOUCESTER, her engines, tackle and appurtenances, Respondent, and American Dredging Company, Claimant.

United States District Court D. New Jersey.

June 23, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brown, Connery, Kulp & Wille, by George F. Kugler, Jr., Camden, N. J., and Freedman, Landy & Lorry, by Milton M. Borowsky, Philadelphia, Pa., for libellant.

Archer, Greiner, Hunter & Read, by James Hunter, III, Camden, N. J., and Krusen, Evans & Byrne, by James F. Young, Philadelphia, Pa., for claimant.


COHEN, District Judge.

This is a Libel in Admiralty, in which the chronology is significant. On September 21, 1957, libellant's decedent, while an employed crewmember of respondent dredge "Gloucester", formerly the "Queen", sustained personal injuries upon the dredge, when upon the navigable, territorial waters of the State of New Jersey. The seaman's death ensued ashore from these injuries on November 25, 1957.

On June 15, 1959, the present libellant commenced...

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