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GASPAR v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 76-3311-C.

460 F.Supp. 656 (1978)

Silvario GASPAR and Pearl D. Gaspar, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

November 20, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Solomon Sandler, Gloucester, Mass., for plaintiffs.

Carolyn Grace, Asst. U. S. Atty., Boston, Mass., John T. Shepherd, Trial Atty., Admiralty & Shipping Section, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendant.

OPINION

CAFFREY, Chief Judge.

This is an action by the plaintiffs, Silvario Gaspar and Pearl D. Gaspar, to recover damages sustained when their fishing vessel BLUE WATERS sunk after it collided in the Gloucester Inner Harbor with an unmanned barge, the MARGARET T. The complaint alleges that the damages were due solely to the negligence of employees of the United States Coast Guard. This action is properly maintainable under the Suits in Admiralty Act, 46...

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