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OWENS v. UNITED STATES

PCA No. 78-0421.

474 F.Supp. 806 (1979)

Edward Earl OWENS, Plaintiff, and St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, Intervenor, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court, N. D. Florida, Pensacola Division.

July 23, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. L. Middlebrooks, Levin, Warfield, Middlebrooks, Mabie, Rosenbloum & Magie, P.A., Pensacola, Fla., for plaintiff.

H. Richmond Fisher, Torts Branch (Admiralty), Civ. Div., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM DECISION

ARNOW, Chief Judge.

This is an action under the Suits in Admiralty Act, 46 U.S.C. § 741 et seq., arising out of an accident in which the pleasure craft Erma J II, owned by plaintiff Edward Earl Owens, struck a submerged, abandoned naval vessel, the USS Massachusetts. Plaintiff contends the accident was caused by negligence of Coast Guard personnel, agents of defendant, in failing to properly...

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