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UNITED STATES v. HOLLIS

No. 13254.

424 F.2d 188 (1970)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Horace E. HOLLIS, Plaintiff, Charleston Drydock & Shipbuilding Company, Inc., Elliott T. Halio, Trustee in Bankruptcy for Charleston Drydock & Shipbuilding Company, Inc., and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Third-Party Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided March 30, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary H. Baise, Atty., Department of Justice (William D. Ruckelshaus, Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert V. Zener and Ronald R. Glancz, Attys., Department of Justice, and Klyde Robinson, U. S. Atty., on the brief), for appellant.

Charles H. Gibbs, Charleston, S. C. (Sinkler, Gibbs & Simons, Charleston, S. C., on the brief), for appellees.

Before SOBELOFF, BRYAN and CRAVEN, Circuit Judges.

SOBELOFF, Circuit Judge:

Charleston Drydock & Shipbuilding Co. contracted with the United States to overhaul the Navy tug YTM-399. Horace E. Hollis, an employee of Charleston Drydock, was injured when he slipped on a drop of oil on the vessel's deckplates as he attempted to lift and move a 75 pound governor, a machine used to synchronize the speeds of the ship's two diesel engines.

Hollis brought suit against the United States under the Public Vessels...

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