Legal Opinion
Cohen v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 8, 1952No. 22257_1PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHASE, Circuit Judge.
■The libelant was injured on January 6, 1945 when the vessel on which he was serving as a messman, the S.S. Isaac Shelby, struck a mine in waters near Naples, Italy. The ship was owned by the United States and was being operated by a general agent under the standard form of General Agency Service Agreement, GAA-4-4-42. 1
The messman sued both the general agent and the United States in the District Court for the Southern District of New York on January 30, 1947 to recover for his injuries but at that time the two year statute of limitations 2 barred the suit against the…
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- Guiseppi v. WallingCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1944
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