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STIWARD v. U.S.

Civil Action No. 05-1926.

551 F.Supp.2d 478 (2008)

Edmundo R. STIWARD v. UNITED STATES of America.

United States District Court, E.D. Louisiana.

May 7, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter Z. Steinman, Walter Steinman, Attorney at Law, Wyncote, PA, for Edmundo R. Stiward.

Matthew J. Glomb, Robert Emmett Kelly, John Seely Luce, Jr., U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Fred Turner Hinrichs, U.S. Attorney's Office, Houston, TX, for United States of America.

ORDER AND REASONS

STANWOOD R. DUVAL, JR., District Judge.

The above-captioned matter concerns a Jones Act case asserted against the United States pursuant to the Suits in Admiralty Act ("SAA"), which generally permits civil claims to be filed against the sovereign and tried without a jury where a private right of action would otherwise lie in admiralty.1 This Court held a non-jury trial on liability and damages on April...

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