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Sherman ex rel. Sherman v. United States
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Decided April 30, 1968No. 65-C-289PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
REYNOLDS, District Judge.
I. BACKGROUND
This action is one in admiralty. The libelant (plaintiff), Frederick E. Sherman, alleged that he sustained certain injuries while a guest aboard the U.S.S. Portage and that these injuries were caused by the negligence of the crew. This case was tried to the court on December 18, 1967.
II. UNDISPUTED FACTS
On June 30, 1962, Frederick E. Sherman was 11 years old. Shortly after lunch on that day, he and a companion, Leroy Berghuis, left for the harbor in Muskegon, Michigan, to attend a “public visitation” of certain Navy vessels, among them…
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