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MADSEN v. UNITED STATES

No. 403 of 1957.

186 F.Supp. 577 (1960)

Knud H. MADSEN, Libelant v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent, v. DUMAC SHIP CEILING CO., John F. Dugan, Leo Morris and John F. McNamara, Respondents-impleaded.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

June 30, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marshall J. Seidman, Richter, Lord & Levy, Philadelphia, Pa., for libelant.

Walter E. Alessandroni, U. S. Atty., Philadelphia, Pa., Alan Raywid, (Admiralty and Shipping Section), Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., for respondent.

John Paul Erwin, Philadelphia, Pa., for respondents-impleaded.

EGAN, District Judge.

This libel in personam was brought against the United States pursuant to the Suits in Admiralty Act, 46 U.S.C. § 742. Libelant was a relief night mate working the midnight to 8 A.M. watch on respondent's ship, the James J. Hill, who was injured by being thrown from a ladder while reporting off duty at 7:55 A.M. on the morning of June 5, 1957. He seeks to recover damages alleging (1) that the vessel was unseaworthy; (2) negligence under the...

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