Legal Opinion
Finley v. United States
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided July 6, 1956No. Civ. A. 326-51PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MODARELLI, District Judge.
The respondent, United States of America, moved at the close of the evidence to dismiss the libel in this case as time-barred. The libelant, Thomas Finley, seeks damages for alleged personal injuries sustained on May 19, 1947, while *186employed as a welder by Todd Shipyards Corporation, third-party respondent. The libel was filed on April 16, 1951. Finley was working aboard the S.S. Neosho, a vessel then in dry dock on the Hudson River at Hoboken, New Jersey, which vessel was owned by the United States. This suit was preceded by other litigation by the libelant based on…
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- Cosmopolitan Shipping Co. v. McAllisterSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- The S. S. SamovarDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1947
- Kruhmin v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1949
- Baltimore Mail S. S. Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1935
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- States Marine Corporation of Delaware, Libelant-Appellant v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1960