Legal Opinion
Sgambati v. United States
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided October 7, 1947PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COXE, District Judge.
This is a motion by the respondent to dismiss the present suit on the ground that it is barred by limitation.
The suit is brought under the Suits in Admiralty Act, 46 U.S.C.A. §§ 741-752, or the Public Vessels Act, 46 U.S.C.A. §§ 781-790 for damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by the libelant on December 27, 1942, while he was working as a rigger on the S/S B-29, a naval vessel of the respondent.
The suit was commenced on February 13, 1947, and the libel alleges that the li-belant sustained his injuries as the result of a fall into an unguarded…
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