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CUSANELLI v. KLAVER

No. CV 81-0547.

542 F.Supp. 677 (1982)

Thomas CUSANELLI, Plaintiff, v. Leonard KLAVER, Perko Manufacturing Corp., Perkins Marine Lamp & Hardware Corporation, and Perko, Inc., Defendants.

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

June 23, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fetell & Coen, P. C., Brooklyn, N. Y., for plaintiff.

J. Paul McGrath, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D. C., Edward R. Korman, U. S. Atty., Brooklyn, N. Y., Janis G. Schulmeisters, Atty. in Charge, Torts Branch, Civ. Div. U. S. Dept. of Justice, New York City, for defendants.

MEMORANDUM & ORDER

PLATT, District Judge.

On May 27, 1978, Thomas Cusanelli was allegedly injured during an attempt to refloat a grounded vessel, the EL MAR II (El Mar), owned and operated by Leonard Klaver, when a stern towing cleat "ruptured and ripped off" the El Mar and "catapulted" into his body. Complaint ¶ 13. At the time of the injury, Mr. Cusanelli was on active duty with the Coast Guard on...

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