Christiansen v. United States

SWEENEY, Chief Judge.

In this action the libellant seeks to recover for injuries sustained through the alleged negligence of the defendant in improperly fastening a sweat board to the wall of a tank aboard the SS Gauntlet. The defendant has impleaded the third party defendants, Edmund D. Burke and William F. Burke, doing business under the name and style of Burke Bros., a co-partnership, which employed the libellant at the time of the injury.

Findings of Fact

On May 27, 1946, the SS Gauntlet was tied up in Boston Harbor. The ship’s owners or agents had contracted with the third party defendant,…