RAWLINS v. U.S.

No. 1:96-CV-436.

56 F.Supp.2d 741 (1999)

Timothy RAWLINS, v. UNITED STATES of America.

United States District Court, E.D. Texas, Beaumont Division.

June 28, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Michael Jamail, Reaud Morgan & Quinn, Beaumont, TX, Bryan Adam Terrell, Weller, Green, McGown & Toups, Beaumont, Texas, for plaintiff.

Louis M. Scofield, Jr., Mehaffy & Weber, Beaumont, TX, for intervenor, Signal Mutual Indemnity Association.

Peter G. Myer, U.S. Department of Justice, Torts Branch Civil Division, Washington, DC, Andrea Hedrick Parker, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Beaumont, TX, for defendant United States of America.

Innes Mackillop, Brown Sims Wise & White, Houston, TX, for third party defendant Fairway Terminal Corporation.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

COBB, District Judge.

This suit is brought pursuant to the waiver of sovereign immunity contained in the Public Vessels Act, 46 U.S.C.App. §§ 781-790, which incorporates, at 46 U.S.C.App. § 782, the provisions of the Suits in Admiralty Act, 46 U.S.C.App. §§ 741-752, insofar as they are not inconsistent with the express language of the Public Vessels Act. Jurisdiction over Rawlins' claims against the United...

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