PICKETT v. NELSECO NAVIGATION COMPANY

Admiralty No. 4774.

270 F.Supp. 682 (1967)

Paula PICKETT, Libelant, v. NELSECO NAVIGATION COMPANY in lieu of STEAMSHIP BLOCK ISLAND, Her Engines, Boilers, etc., Respondent.

United States District Court D. Connecticut.

June 26, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ira B. Grudberg, of Jacobs, Jacobs, Jacobs & Jacobs, New Haven, Conn., for libelant.

John C. Dennis and Robert P. Anderson, Jr., of Waller, Smith & Palmer, New London, Conn., for respondent.


TIMBERS, Chief Judge.

In this action founded on the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of this Court, 28 U.S.C. § 1333, libelant sues to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained September 2, 1963 (Labor Day) at approximately 6:30 p. m. when she claims to have tripped and fallen over a 2 to 3 inch wooden sill or coaming on the companionway leading to the ladies room on respondent's passenger vessel "M. V. Block Island", upon which...

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