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ALLEN v. UNITED STATES

No. 241 of 1957.

178 F.Supp. 21 (1959)

Wilbert ALLEN, Libelant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent. Keystone Drydock & Ship Repair Co., Inc., Respondent-Impleaded.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

July 1, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard Sacks (of Dorfman, Pechner, Sacks & Dorfman), Philadelphia, Pa., for libelant.

Harold K. Wood, U. S. Atty., Philadelphia, Pa., for respondent. Carl C. Davis, Asst. Chief, Admiralty & Shipping Section, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., of counsel.

John B. Hannum, 3rd, Philadelphia, Pa., for respondent-impleaded.

LAYTON, District Judge.

This is an Admiralty proceeding brought on behalf of the libelant, Wilbert Allen, against the United States, as owner of the U.S.S. Casa Grande (LSD-13),1 pursuant to the Public Vessels Act of 1925, 46 U.S.C.A. §§ 781-790. Allen, a shipyard welder, seeks to recover damages for injuries sustained in a fall while he was engaged in removing temporary staging in the forward ballast tank of the Casa Grande...

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