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DOODY v. UNITED STATES

Civ. Nos. 9-92, 9-112, 9-117, 9-121.

296 F.Supp. 210 (1969)

Margaret E. DOODY, Administratrix, of the Estate of Edward F. Doody, et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court D. Maine, S. D.

February 11, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris D. Katz, Boston, Mass., Norman S. Reef, Portland, Me., William F. Looney, Jr. and A. David Mazzone, Boston, Mass., Donald A. Leadbetter, Portland, Me., John Evans Harrington, Bangor, Me., Robert P. Malone and Myron Boluch, Boston, Mass., for plaintiffs.

Lloyd P. LaFountain, U. S. Atty., Edward G. Hudon, Asst. U. S. Atty., Portland, Me., Thomas F. McGovern, Admiralty & Shipping Section, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendant.

FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW AND DIRECTION FOR ENTRY OF JUDGMENT

GIGNOUX, District Judge.

On July 23, 1965, the F/V SNOOPY, while dragging for scallops off the coast of North Carolina, caught a torpedo in her port drag, exploded and sank. As a result of the explosion and sinking, eight members of her crew, including the captain, died, and the four surviving crew members sustained personal injuries. Having failed in prior litigation to establish that...

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