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PENN TANKER COMPANY v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 66-G-5.

310 F.Supp. 613 (1970)

PENN TANKER COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court, S. D. Texas, Galveston Division.

January 26, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl O. Bue, Jr., Royston, Rayzor & Cook, Houston, Tex., for plaintiff.

Anthony J. P. Farris, U. S. Atty., S. D. Texas, Houston, Tex., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION WITH FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

FISHER, Chief Judge.

This civil action was brought by Penn Tanker Company for indemnity and, alternatively, as assignee by operation of law of the claim of James Hodges, deceased, against the United States of America, pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C.A. § 2674. Hodges was a seaman employed by Penn Tanker on its vessel the S/S PENN CHALLENGER. On August 15, 1963, he sustained...

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