Legal Opinion
Forgione v. United States
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided September 26, 1951No. Nos. 9, 11 of 1948, AdmiraltyPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARD, District Judge.
These are two actions in admiralty by two merchant seamen against one ship owner and its agent for alleged false imprisonment or malicious prosecution. The operative facts in each are identical, and the cases were tried simultaneously. On the basis of the pleadings and the testimony, I make the following special
Findings of Fact.
1. Libellant in Admiralty Action No. 9 of 1948 is Anthony Forgione, a resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and a merchant seaman for the purposes of this action.
2. On October 31, 1945 Forgione was employed as a member of the crew in the capacity…
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