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SOTO v. UNITED STATES LINES, INC.

No. 83 Civ. 8462-CSH.

608 F.Supp. 904 (1985)

Ivan SOTO and Altagracia Soto, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES LINES, INC., Defendant and Third Party Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES, Department of Health & Human Services, United States of America, St. Clare's Hospital and Health Center, Dr. Tinaldo Adaniel and Dr. H. Iskander, Third Party Defendants.

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

April 1, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fields & Rosen by Sol Gelman, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Gulmi, LaPenta, Campbell, Burns & Mahoney by Richard M. Winograd, New York City, for defendant and third-party plaintiff U.S. Lines, Inc.

Rudolph W. Giuliani, U.S. Atty., for S.D. N.Y. by Franklin H. Stone, Paula Van Meter, Asst. U.S. Attys., New York City, for U.S. and U.S. Agencies.

McAloon, Friedman & Mandell, P.C. by Gary A. Greenfield, New York City, for third-party defendant St. Clare's Hosp. & Health Center.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

HAIGHT, District Judge:

Plaintiff Ivan Soto is a seaman. He alleges that he suffered a hernia while working on board defendant's ship. Sometime after the alleged incident he was treated for a hernia by third party defendants St. Clare's Hospital, Adaniel, and Iskander. In 1980 he and his wife sued these three to recover damages for claimed malpractice in connection with that treatment. That action was settled in 1983, approximately...

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