Legal Opinion

MacQueen v. CG-40527, a ship of the U. S. Coast Guard

District Court, E.D. Michigan

Decided June 19, 1968No. Civ. A. No. 2781Published

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ROTH, District Judge.

Plaintiff Angus MacQueen filed this action against defendant National Gypsum Company, the employing shipowner, under the Jones Act, Title 46, U.S.C., Section 688, and against defendant United States under the Suits in Admiralty Act, Title 46, U.S.C., Section 742 et seq., the Tort Claims Act, Title 28, U.S.C., Section 1346(b), and Title 14, U.S.C., Section 88, relating to Coast Guard rescue operations, seeking damages for the alleged negligent failure to provide medical care and the alleged negligent failure to carry out a rescue mission.

The plaintiff was a master…

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