Piascik v. United States

BONDY, District Judge.

The libellant’s contention that the libel states a cause of action under Public Law 17, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 1291, can not be sustained because the law expressly provides that it applies only to seamen employed through the War Ship-' ping Administration, and because there is no allegation of such fact. Nor can the contention that the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688 applies, be sustained. The Suits in Admiralty Act, 46 U.S.C.A. §§ 741-752, provides a remedy against the United States. This is the exclusive remedy against the United States on the facts alleged. Johnson v.…