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BASIC BOATS, INC. v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 364-69.

311 F.Supp. 596 (1970)

BASIC BOATS, INC., for the Use and Benefit of LUMBERMENS MUTUAL CASUALTY CO., Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

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

April 13, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter W. Rowe, Norfolk, Va., for plaintiff.

Thomas F. McGovern, Admiralty & Shipping Section, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM

WALTER E. HOFFMAN, Chief Judge.

In this action filed on July 24, 1969, Basic Boats, the owner of a sailing ketch known as CONJUR MAN, suing by its insurance carrier, alleges that on July 27, 1967 the destroyer USS WALLACE L. LIND answered the distress call from the CONJUR MAN and, in conducting rescue and salvage operations, negligently damaged the 34 foot sailing vessel to the approximate extent of $15,000 and that the insurance carrier has paid...

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