Legal Opinion
Kinman v. United States
District Court, N.D. California
Decided April 9, 1956No. 27166PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OLIVER J. CARTER, District Judge.
Libelant alleges that he was injured while performing his duties as a seaman on a merchant vessel owned and operated by the United States, and that his injuries were the proximate result of the negligence of respondent; he brings suit under the Suits in Admiralty Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 741 et seq. and the general maritime law. Respondent moves to dismiss on the ground that the statute of limitations had extinguished the cause of libel before the libel was filed. Libel-ant alleges that he was injured on June 15, 1953, and his libel was filed on July 7, 1955, a…
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