Legal Opinion
Adams v. United States
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided September 23, 1999No. CIV. A. G-98-088PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER DENYING MOTION TO REFORM JUDGMENT
KENT, District Judge.
Plaintiff filed this Jones Act and general maritime suit against the United States pursuant to the waivers of sovereign immunity contained in the Suits in Admiralty Act, 46 U.S.CApp. § 741, et seq., and the Public Vessels Act, 46 U.S.CApp. § 781, et seq. Following a one-day bench trial conducted on March 22, 1999, Plaintiff recovered a judgment against the United States for injuries sustained aboard the United States vessel M/V CAPE TEXAS. Now before the Court is Plaintiffs Motion to Reform Judgment filed August 27, 1999, in which…
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