Abbott v. United States

KNOX, District Judge.

Libelant, a seaman employed on board the steamer Beauregard, a vessel owned by the United States, here sues for damages, allegedly sustáined through negligence on the part of the ship.

On August 15, 1943, the day of libelant’s injury, the vessel lay at anchor near Meth-el, Scotland. She had crossed the Atlantic in convoy and was about to proceed to another port. Shortly before the hour of departure, and while libelant and another seaman, named Senecal, were standing the gangway watch from 12 m. to 4 p.m., the anchor, ball of the Beauregard, which had been suspended from a…