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PATTERSON v. UNITED STATES

129 F.Supp. 794 (1955)

James S. PATTERSON, General Administrator for Mobile County, Alabama, as Administrator of the Estate of Edgar A. Doody, Jr., deceased, Libelant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

February 2, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacob Rassner, New York City, for libelant. Harvey Goldstein, New York City, of counsel.

J. Edward Lumbard, U. S. Atty., New York City, for respondent. Leavenworth Colby, Sp. Asst. to the Atty. Gen., Benjamin H. Berman, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., of counsel.

DIMOCK, District Judge.

Libelant, as administrator of the estate of Edgar A. Doody, Jr., deceased, sues in admiralty under the Suits in Admiralty Act as amended and supplemented, 46 U.S.C. § 741 et seq., to recover damages for the intestate's death. It is alleged that he was employed on board the government owned vessel S. S. Hanging Rock and that his death resulted from the negligence and unseaworthiness of the ship.

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