Legal Opinion
Tatem v. Southern Transp. Co.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided May 19, 1947No. Civil Action No. 3303PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KIRKPATRICK, District Judge.
The plaintiffs are personal representatives of three seamen who lost their lives when the seagoing tug Menominee was sunk by an enemy submarine by gunfire on March 31, 1942. The action is at law for damages and the trial was to the Court without a jury.1
The damage claims are based upon mixed charges of negligence and unseaworthiness, the chief of which are (a) allowing the tug to sail without adequate life saving equipment, (b) not routing the tug through inland waters for the first part of the voyage, (c) failure of the master to have the flotilla blacked-out at…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Rey v. Colonial Nav. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1941
- In re United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1947
3Cited by3 opinions
- Riley v. Southern Transportation Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1950
- Palmer v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1949
- Tatem v. Southern Transportation Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1948