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KATELOUZOS v. THE S.S. OTHEM

No. 7971.

176 F.Supp. 954 (1959)

Anestis KATELOUZOS, Libellant, v. THE S.S. OTHEM, her engines, boats, tackles, etc., in rem, and Rederi A/B Volo and A/B Aug. Leffler & Son, a foreign corporation or associations, as owners, operators and agents of said vessel, and Dichmann, Wright & Pugh, Inc., individually and as agents of S.S. Othem, and owners, in personam, Respondents.

United States District Court E. D. Virginia, Norfolk Division.

September 29, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney H. Kelsey, Norfolk, Va., for libellant.

Seawell, McCoy, Winston & Dalton, John W. Winston, Norfolk, Va., for respondents.

WALTER E. HOFFMAN, District Judge.

We are again met with the frequently litigated question as to exercising discretion to accept jurisdiction of an alien's claim for personal injuries and alleged violations of wage statutes, 46 U.S.C.A. §§ 596, 597, involving a foreign flag vessel.

Libellant was injured on June 25, 1958, while the vessel was in the Port of Hampton Roads. The S. S. Othem is a Swedish vessel and it is clear that libellant has a remedy...

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