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BAUM v. UNITED STATES

No. 28615.

427 F.2d 215 (1970)

Leo F. BAUM, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JACKSONVILLE SHIPYARDS, INC., Third-Party Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 2, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George J. O'Neill, Seymour I. Toll, Philadelphia, Pa., Evans & Stewart, Tom B. Stewart, Jr., Jacksonville, Fla., for appellant.

John L. Briggs, U. S. Atty., Jacksonville, Fla., Thomas J. Boyle, Admiralty & Shipping Section, Ralph A. Fine, Atty., Morton Hollander, Chief, Appellate Section, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for the United States.

Charles Cook Howell, III, Jacksonville, Fla., for Jacksonville Shipyards Inc.

Before GODBOLD, DYER and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.

LEWIS R. MORGAN, Circuit Judge:

This is a civil action in admiralty jurisdiction brought under the Suits in Admiralty Act, as amended, 46 U.S.C. § 741 et seq., and the Public Vessels Act, as amended, 46 U.S.C. § 781 et seq. The plaintiff was injured while working on board the drydocked vessel, the SS CAPE SAN MARTIN, which is a steam-screw vessel owned by the defendant, United States of America (hereinafter the...

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