Calfornia Casualty Indemnity Exchange v. United States

HALL, District Judge.

This is one of a group of ten cases wherein the California Casualty Company, as subrogee insurance carrier of Fellows & Stewart, as a party libelant seeks to enforce third party liability (33 U.S.C.A. § 933) against the United States and Union Oil Company, under the Suits in Admiralty Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 741 et seq., and the Public Vessels Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 781 et seq.

One Barney Trapp, an employee of Fellows & Stewart, was killed October 21, 1944, under the circumstances set forth in the memorandum in case No. 5876, D.C., 74 F.Supp. 401, and not here repeated. The maximum…