GODFREY v. UNITED STATES

No. 64-830-EC.

248 F.Supp. 273 (1965)

Henry J. GODFREY, Jr., Libelant, v. The UNITED STATES of America, Respondent.

United States District Court S. D. California, Central Division.

January 15, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linsley & Linsley, by Edward G. Linsley, Long Beach, Cal., for libelant.

Manuel L. Real, U. S. Atty., Clarke A. Knicely, Asst. U. S. Atty., John F. Meadows, Atty., in charge, LaVerne E. Evans, Special Atty., Dept. of Justice, Los Angeles, Cal., for respondent.


CRARY, District Judge.

Libelant, a radar and electronics technician, seeks damages for personal injuries allegedly received when he stepped back with his left leg into an open deck hatch, twenty-three inches in diameter, in the control room of a Navy LCU during underwater closed circuit television operations re recovery of a dummy missile about eight miles off San Clemente Island. At the time of the accident, the libelant...

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