HABRAT v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 68-1173.

310 F.Supp. 618 (1970)

Elizabeth E. HABRAT, Admx. of the Estate of Milton C. Habrat, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court, W. D. Pennsylvania.

March 31, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Blair A. Griffith, Asst. U. S. Atty., Pittsburgh, Pa., Walter G. Pratt, Atty., Admiralty & Shipping Section, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendant.

Hymen Schlesinger, Pittsburgh, Pa., for plaintiff.


OPINION

GOURLEY, Senior District Judge.

This is an action under the General Maritime Laws against the United States of America. The deceased plaintiff seaman served on the vessel Kenmar where he worked in the engine room. He had worked in that capacity for approximately a year. A day after he took leave from the vessel he was found dead from a heart attack. It is claimed working conditions and carelessness about his condition and need of assistance creates...

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