HELGESEN v. UNITED STATES

No. 63 A.D. 1048.

275 F.Supp. 789 (1966)

Margaret Agnes HELGESEN, as the Administratrix of the Estate of Eric Michael Helgesen, Deceased, and Margaret Agnes Helgesen, Individually, Libellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

November 3, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sheldon Tabak, New York City, for libellant.

Robert S. Morganthau, U. S. Atty., by Philip A. Berns, New York City, for respondent.


CANNELLA, District Judge.

Action by plaintiff, administratrix of the deceased, for money damages for pain and suffering and for wrongful death as a result of the alleged negligence of the defendant's vessel, dismissed at the end of the entire case.

The action was commenced by a libel on the admiralty side of the court. Since its commencement, changes in the admiralty rules have been adopted, resulting in changes of procedure and nomenclature.

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