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WALLENIUS BREMEN v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 6225.

290 F.Supp. 195 (1968)

WALLENIUS BREMEN G. m. b. H., Owner of the M/V MARTHA, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court E. D. Virginia, Norfolk Division.

February 13, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harvey M. Katz, Admiralty and Shipping Section Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendant.

Walter B. Martin, Jr., Bernard G. Barrow, Vandeventer, Black, Meredith & Martin, Norfolk, Va., for plaintiff.

MEMORANDUM

MacKENZIE, District Judge.

Alan Mitchell, an employee of the United States Government, was acting as an inspector for the Department of Agriculture when he was injured on June 10, 1965, falling from the gangway while leaving the M/V MARTHA, after an inspection.

Mitchell sued the M/V MARTHA and the owners on the theory of an obstruction of the gangway and the failure of the vessel to have safety nets rigged. They settled their liability...

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