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McMAHAN v. THE PANAMOLGA

No. 3505.

127 F.Supp. 659 (1955)

William S. McMAHAN and James McMahan, Libelants, v. THE PANAMOLGA, her engines, boilers, etc., and Compania Naviera Dalmatica, S.A., Respondent.

United States District Court, D. Maryland, Admiralty Division.

January 20, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emile Z. Berman, New York City, and William J. O'Donnell, Baltimore, Md., for libelants.

Ober, Willams, Grimes & Stinson, Baltimore, Md. (Southgate L. Morison and Randall C. Coleman, Jr., Baltimore, Md.), for respondents.

THOMSEN, District Judge.

Libelants, employed by Gulf-Tide Stevedores, Inc., to help load grain on the S.S. Panamolga in Galveston, Texas, were made ill by inhaling fumes of carbon disulfide, which had been used to fumigate the grain which was being loaded. They have filed a libel in rem against the ship and in personam against its owner and operator, claiming permanent injuries, and alleging unseaworthiness, failure to warn, and failure to provide a safe place in...

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