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PEDUTO v. UNITED STATES

No. A-19820.

158 F.Supp. 484 (1957)

Frank PEDUTO, Libelant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent, and Pittston Stevedoring Corporation, Respondent-Impleaded.

United States District Court E. D. New York.

June 28, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel P. Fensterstock, New York City (Jacob Rassner, New York City, of counsel), for libelant.

Leonard Page Moore, U. S. Atty., Brooklyn, N. Y., for respondent. Harold F. Cumisky, Jr., Atty., Dept. of Justice, New York City, of counsel.

William J. Kenney, New York City, for respondent-impleaded.

REEVES, District Judge.

This action is a libel for an alleged tort in admiralty. Such action is authorized perforce the provisions of Sections 741 et seq. and 781 et seq. Title 46 U.S.C.A. and the Federal Claims Tort Act, § 1346 Title 28 U.S.C.A.

Early in the morning of February 5, 1951, the libelant sustained an injury by being thrown from the roof of an Army Lighter on Pier 12, Staten Island, New York. The lighter was one used by the army of the respondent...

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