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TYRILL v. ALCOA STEAMSHIP COMPANY

158 F.Supp. 853 (1958)

Hubert TYRILL, Plaintiff, v. ALCOA STEAMSHIP COMPANY, Inc., Defendant.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

February 7, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris Hirschhorn, New York City, for plaintiff.

Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens, New York City, for defendant, Francis X. Byrn, New York City, of counsel.

DAWSON, District Judge.

This is a motion pursuant to § 1404(a) of Title 28 United States Code, to change the venue of this action to the District Court for the District of the Virgin Islands. It appears that the plaintiff is suing for personal injuries sustained in an accident aboard a ship of the defendant which occurred in the Virgin Islands. The plaintiff was a longshoreman. It also appears that the principal witnesses are in the Virgin Islands and that immediately...

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