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MACKENSWORTH v. S.S. AMERICAN MERCHANT

No. 568, Docket 93-7616.

28 F.3d 246 (1994)

Richard J. MACKENSWORTH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. S.S. AMERICAN MERCHANT, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided June 16, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Mackensworth, pro se.

Philip S. LaPenta, Healy & Baillie, New York City, for defendant-appellee.

Before OAKES, KEARSE and CARDAMONE, Circuit Judges.

CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:

Appellant, pro se, Richard J. Mackensworth, was a seaman serving aboard the S.S. American Merchant, when, in June 1981 he suffered a back injury aboard the vessel. One day short of three years later he commenced a personal injury action under Admiralty Law against his employer and the S.S. American Merchant in the District of New Jersey. The institution of this now ten-year-old suit created a procedural morass, which at one time required...

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