TANKREDERIET GEFION A/S v. United States

FREEMAN, District Judge.

Plaintiff, a corporation of the Kingdom of Norway, brings this action under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b) and §§ 2671-2680. The matter is now before the Court on defendant’s motion to dismiss based on the ground that the defendant, United States of America, has not consented to be sued nor waived its immunity from suit under the Federal Tort Claims Act and, more specifically, for the reason that the complaint shows on its face that the plaintiff’s claim arises out of damages alleged to have been sustained by a vessel on navigable waters, for which…