Condino v. United States

GALSTON, District Judge.

The libellant, a longshoreman, having sustained personal injuries while working aboard the SS Moses Brown, a vessel which was owned by the United States, seeks recovery on the ground that it was the negligence of the respondents which brought about the accident. The American South African Lines, Inc., named as one of the respondents, was the operating agent, but the libellant admits that the operating agent, under the authority of Caldarola v. Eckert, 67 S.Ct. 1569 is not liable.

The respondent-impleaded, a stevedoring company, was the libellant’s employer.

The accident…