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THE LYNGHAUG

No. 77.

42 F.Supp. 713 (1941)

THE LYNGHAUG. JOHNSON v. NORTH ATLANTIC & GULF S. S. CO., Inc., et al.

District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

September 29, 1941.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Freedman & Goldstein, of Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant.

Krusen, Evans & Shaw, of Philadelphia, Pa., for appellee.

KIRKPATRICK, District Judge.

The respondents have moved that the Court decline jurisdiction and dismiss this libel in rem against the steamship "Lynghaug."

The claim is for damages for personal injuries, and for maintenance and cure. Since the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, is not applicable (Plamals v. The Pinar Del Rio, 277 U.S. 151, 48 S.Ct. 457, 72 L. Ed. 827) the count for damages must be grounded upon the general law...

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