SERRANO v. UNITED STATES LINES COMPANY


238 F.Supp. 383 (1965)

Alphonse SERRANO, Libelant, v. UNITED STATES LINES COMPANY and United States of America, Respondents. UNITED STATES of America et al., Petitioners, v. AMERICAN STEVEDORES, INC. and Morace Stevedoring Co., Inc., Respondents-Impleaded.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

February 5, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Zimmerman & Zimmerman, New York City, for libelant; Morris Cizner, New York City, of counsel.

Kirlin, Campbell & Keating, New York City, for respondent United States Lines Co.; William J. O'Brien, New York City, of counsel.

Robert M. Morgenthau, U. S. Atty., for respondent United States; Louis E. Greco, Atty. in Charge, Admiralty and Shipping Section, Dept. of Justice, Philip A. Berns, New York City, of counsel.

George J. Conway, New York City, for respondent impleaded American Stevedores, Inc.; John F. X. McKiernan, New York City, of counsel.

Terhune, Gibbons & Mulvehill, New York City, for respondent impleaded Morace Stevedoring Co., Inc.; Edmund J. Fanning, New York City, of counsel.


DIMOCK, District Judge.

This suit is brought by Alphonse Serrano, a marine carpenter, to recover for personal injuries occasioned by the explosion of a tire on a Government trailer aboard the SS American Leader at its Brooklyn Army Base pier. United States Lines Company, the vessel owner, and United States of America, space charterer, were named as respondents. Each, in turn, asks indemnity against the other should it be held liable, and the Government has impleaded...

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