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WESTERN TANKERS CORPORATION v. UNITED STATES

No. 73 Civ. 5492-LFM.

387 F.Supp. 487 (1975)

WESTERN TANKERS CORPORATION, a corporation, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

January 22, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Graham & James, Long Beach, Cal., and Darby, Healey & Stonebridge, New York City, for plaintiff; Don A. Proudfoot, Jr., Long Beach, Cal., of counsel.

Paul J. Curran, U. S. Atty., for the Southern District of New York, New York City, for defendant; Gilbert S. Fleischer and Terence Gargan, New York City, of counsel.

OPINION

MacMAHON, District Judge.

In the early morning hours of December 11, 1971, the SS WESTERN COMET ("the tanker"), on charter to the Military Sea Lift Command, Department of the Navy, was berthed alongside a NATO terminal at Sari Saki, Turkey, discharging fuel oil, when strong winds started blowing. Chief Mate George Perry, observing that a mooring line had parted, went to the forecastle to adjust the lines and sustained severe brain injuries

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