Melvin BENTON
v.
UNITED STATES of America
and
Jarka Corporation of Baltimore and United States Lines, Inc., and SS AMERICAN PACKER, her engines, tackle, equipment, etc.
United States District Court, D. Maryland.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
November 14, 1969.
Supplemental Opinion June 8, 1970.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Jerome B. Monfred, Monfred, Lentz, & Hooper, Baltimore, Md., for plaintiff.
Anthony W. Gross and Hall Baetz, Attorneys, Admiralty & Shipping Section, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., for the United States.
Eugene A. Edgett, Jr., and Henry G. Meredith, Jr., Baltimore, Md., for Jarka.
John H. Skeen, Jr., Baltimore, Md., for United States Lines and SS American Packer.
Anthony W. Gross, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendant and third-party plaintiff.
United States District Court, D. Maryland.
THOMSEN, Chief Judge.
This case is a sequel to Benton v. United States Lines, 297 F.Supp. 87 (D. Md.1968), aff'd 408 F.2d 378 (4 Cir. 1968). In that case Benton, a ship ceiler, working on board the SS American Packer, alleged that he had been struck by a wrench negligently thrown into the hold by a civilian employee of the United States Army, who was on the ship supervising the stowing of military...
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