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LAPHAM v. UNITED STATES

93 F.Supp. 276 (1950)

LAPHAM v. UNITED STATES et al.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

October 17, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry Eisenberg and Robert Klonsky and Jacob Rassner, all of New York City, for libelant.

Irving H. Saypol, United States Attorney, New York City, Gay & Behrens, New York City (Edward J. Behrens, New York City, of counsel), for respondent United States of America.

Gay & Behrens and Edward J. Behrens, all of New York City, for respondent Waterman Steamship Corp.

McGOHEY, District Judge.

Libelant, a seaman, sues for damages on account of personal injuries. The libel against Waterman Steamship Corporation was on libelant's motion dismissed with prejudice. The trial then proceeded against the United States alone. Both sides rested at the close of libelant's case.

The libelant claims to have been injured on April 26, 1944, by being thrown from his bunk to the deck, when the S.S. Pan Crescent went aground at the entrance...

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