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SILK v. UNITED STATES WAR SHIPPING ADMINISTRATION

No. 145 of 1946.

79 F.Supp. 579 (1948)

SILK v. UNITED STATES WAR SHIPPING ADMINISTRATION.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

July 30, 1948.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Freedman, Landy & Lorry, of Philadelphia, Pa., for libellant.

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

KIRKPATRICK, District Judge.

The libellant was a seaman in the service of the S.S. Cacalilao, a vessel owned by and operated for the United States. He was injured when a defective rope which supported the scaffolding upon which he was working broke, and he fell sustaining the injuries for which this action, under the Suits in Admiralty Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 741 et seq., for damages and maintenance and cure was brought.

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