Lauricella v. United States

SWAN, Circuit Judge.

This is a suit in admiralty to recover for personal injuries sustained by a hatch foreman in the employ of a sieve- daring company which was under contract with the United States to load stores into a troop ship, while docked at Pier 20 in the East River on October 11, 1945. The case was tried before Judge Bright who reserved decision but died before determining it. By stipulation of the parties the record made before Judge Bright was submitted to Judge Hulbert for decision. He wrote an opinion (unreported), made findings of fact, and dismissed the libel on the ground that…