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BENNETT v. THE MORMACTEAL

No. 20479.

160 F.Supp. 840 (1957)

Willie BENNETT, Libelant, v. THE MORMACTEAL, her engines, tackle, apparel and furniture, and Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc., Respondents.

United States District Court E. D. New York.

April 2, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vincent J. Longhi, New York City, William L. Standard, New York City, of counsel; Louis R. Harolds, New York City, on the brief, for libelant.

Kirlin, Campbell & Keating, New York City, Joseph M. Cunningham and Thomas F. Feeney, New York City, for respondent, Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.

ABRUZZO, District Judge.

The libelant, a longshoreman employed by Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc., to do stevedoring work on the vessel Mormacteal owned by his employer, has filed a libel in rem against the vessel and in personam against the shipowner, his employer, alleging that he was injured on May 29, 1953, when a hatch cover gave way beneath him because of the unseaworthiness of the vessel, its appliances and appurtenances. Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc., was doing...

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