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GIBBS v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 25255, 25263-25265, 25287, 25303, 25344.

94 F.Supp. 586 (1950)

GIBBS v. UNITED STATES, and six other cases.

United States District Court N. D. California, S. D.

November 29, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin M. Belli and Lou Ashe, San Francisco, Cal., for libelant James C. Gibbs.

Albert H. Gommo, Jr., San Francisco, Cal., for libelants Henry Williams, Michael A. Di Matteo, David Bower, and Forrest J. Kincade.

Eric A. Falconer, San Francisco, Cal., Frank S. Barrett, San Jose, Cal., and Albert H. Gommo, Jr., San Francisco, Cal., for libelant Forrest J. Kincade.

Charles A. Christin, Wm. T. Eckhoff, San Francisco, Cal., for libelant William Comber.

Gladstein, Anderson, Resner & Sawyer, Herbert Resner, Henry Gross, and Francis P. Walsh, all of San Francisco, Cal., for libelant Robert Lee Dentley.

Frank J. Hennessy, U. S. Atty., C. Elmer Collett and Antoinette E. Morgan, Asst. U. S. Attys., all of San Francisco, Cal., for United States of America.

GOODMAN, District Judge.

These seven consolidated cases are actions in tort against the United States. All of the libelants were shoreside civilian employees of the United States. On November 19, 1946, they were engaged in repairing the United States Aircraft Carrier Antietam, at San Francisco Naval Shipyard, Hunters Point. An explosion occurred and the libelants all suffered injuries.

Heretofore Judge Harris of this court decided that the actions could proceed...

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