Nicolas Eustathiou & Co. v. United States

WALTER E. HOFFMAN, District Judge.

On the early morning of October 18, 1955, a few miles east of Cape Henry, Virginia, the S. S. Michalakis, a merchant vessel owned by a citizen of Greece, was involved in a collision with the U. S.S. Shadwell (LSD 15), a naval vessel owned by the United States of America and manned by a crew of the United States Navy. Both vessels were damaged extensively and the libel filed herein by the owner of the Greek vessel seeks damages in the sum of $235,000. No cross-libel has as yet been filed for reasons that will become apparent by reason of the legal question…