Malgren v. United States

OPINION AND ORDER

FOX, Chief Judge.

This is a complaint in admiralty. Wallace Kari, now deceased, was a seaman in the United States Merchant Marine, employed at the time of the injuries complained of as an ordinary seaman aboard the USNS “Cossatot,” owned and operated by the defendant, the United States of America. It is alleged that on or about November 26, 1971, while the vessel was in navigable waters in the port of Houghton, Texas, Kari was seriously injured while in the course of his employment because of the negligence of the defendant, the unseaworthiness of the vessel, and the failure…