Legal Opinion
Mandel v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 16, 1951No. 10385_1PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOODRICH, Circuit Judge.
This appeal brings before the Court the question of the right of a civilian crew member of a ship owned and operated by the United States to sue the government for injuries received in the course of his employment.
October 8, 1946 a libel was filed by the administrator of the estate of Robert Dillehay, Jr. against the United States of America seeking damages in behalf of deceased’s widow and child. It alleged that on October 15, 1944 Dillehay was employed by the United States as a civilian officer of the tug LT-221, that the vessel hit a mine off Sardinia and sank,…
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