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VACANTE v. UNITED STATES

70 F.Supp. 443 (1947)

VACANTE v. UNITED STATES et al.

District Court, S. D. New York.

January 7, 1947.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Fried, of New York City (Jaquin Frank, of New York City, of counsel), for libelant.

John F. X. McGohey, U. S. Atty., and Kirlin, Campbell, Hickox & Keating, all of New York City (Vernon S. Jones, of New York City, of counsel), for respondent United States.

Purdy & Lamb, of New York City (Edward F. Lamb and Thomas J. Irving, both of New York City, of counsel), for Marra Bros., Inc.

KNOX, District Judge.

Libelant, a stevedore employed by Marra Bros., Inc., here seeks damages against the owner of the steamship Peter Zenger, for personal injuries which he says were occasioned by the breaking of a rung of a ladder, which extended from the vessel's lower hold to her 'tween deck at the after end of No. 2 hatch. The faults alleged against respondent are negligence and unseaworthiness. After suit was begun, the United States impleaded Marra Bros., Inc...

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