American Employers Ins. v. Benjamin Foster Co.

McGRANERY, District Judge.

This is an action in admiralty for damages for personal injuries sustained by Richard W. Walker while working aboard a vessel docked in navigable waters in the State of Washington. Originally, the suit was brought by the American Employers Insurance -Company, “to the use of Walker, as his interests may appear”, but the respondent’s exceptions to the libel were sustained on the ground that the action had not been brought in the name of the proper libellant. 86 F.Supp. 711. Libellant has now filed a motion for an order allowing the action to proceed in the name of…