MARTINEZ v. UNITED STATES

No. 819, Docket 82-6233.

705 F.2d 658 (1983)

Luis MARTINEZ, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided April 12, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul C. Matthews, New York City, for appellant.

Craig S. English, Atty., U.S. Dept. of Justice, New York City (J. Paul McGrath, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D.C., John S. Martin, Jr., U.S. Atty., Janis G. Shulmeisters, Atty., New York City, of counsel), for appellee.

Before OAKES, PRATT and WEIS, Circuit Judges.


OAKES, Circuit Judge:

A seaman injured when his vessel parted her moorings appeals from an adverse admiralty judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Charles E. Stewart, Jr., Judge. The district court found the vessel USNS Sealift Arabian Sea ("Arabian Sea"), seaworthy and not negligent where, while pumping off a cargo of jet fuel at a mooring in the Piscataqua River near Newington, New Hampshire, the combination of a strong...

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