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PARKS v. UNITED STATES

No. 85-1491.

784 F.2d 20 (1986)

Joseph PARKS, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff, Appellee, v. MASSACHUSETTS MARITIME ACADEMY, Third-Party Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 18, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher H. Worthington, Asst. Atty. Gen., with whom Francis X. Bellotti, Atty. Gen., Boston, Mass., were on brief for third-party defendant, appellant Massachusetts Maritime Academy.

Richard K. Willard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D.C., with whom William F. Weld, U.S. Atty., Boston, Mass., and Robert S. Greenspan and Mark B. Stern, Washington, D.C., were on brief for U.S.

David J. Ansel with whom David E. Meier and Flannery & Ansel, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for plaintiff, appellee.

Before COFFIN, BOWNES and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judges.

BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

Massachusetts Maritime Academy (the Academy) appeals an order of the district court entering judgment against the Academy as third-party defendant in an action brought by Joseph Parks (Parks) against the United States, third-party plaintiff.

Parks' action was filed under the Suits in Admiralty Act, 46 U.S.C. §§ 741-52, and the Public Vessels Act, 46 U.S.C. §§ 781-90. He sued to recover for hand injuries incurred in...

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