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DARWIN v. UNITED STATES

No. C-75-1692 WHO.

435 F.Supp. 501 (1977)

Melvin DARWIN, Plaintiff, v. The UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court, N. D. California.

June 7, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barrett R. Baskin, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff.

James L. Browning, Jr., U. S. Atty., Paul G. Sterling, Asst. U. S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal., for defendant.

OPINION

ORRICK, District Judge.

Plaintiff, a longshoreman employed by the California Stevedore and Ballast Company, slipped and fell, injuring his wrist, back, neck, and head, while walking down a steel ramp between the lower tween deck1 and the lower hold of the USNS Sealift. He brings this action under the Suits in Admiralty Act, 46 U.S.C. §§ 741-752, and the Public Vessels...

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