LEITH v. OIL TRANSPORT COMPANY

Civ. A. No. 62-701.

210 F.Supp. 877 (1962)

William W. LEITH, Plaintiff, v. OIL TRANSPORT COMPANY, Inc., and American Marine Corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court W. D. Pennsylvania.

November 7, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry Alan Sherman, Pittsburgh, Pa., S. Eldridge Sampliner, Cleveland, Ohio, for plaintiff.

Campbell, Thomas & Burke, Pittsburgh, Pa., for defendants.


DUMBAULD, District Judge.

Plaintiff, a citizen of Tennessee, claims under the Jones Act, for unseaworthiness, and maintenance and cure, claiming over $10,000 and diversity in each action, against a foreign corporation in Louisiana. The accident occurred in Kentucky. A vessel of defendant was attached as on foreign attachment in our waters. This gave only security for ultimate payment of any judgment obtained, but did not constitute a basis for jurisdiction. Rule 64...

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