Legal Opinion
Mercado v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 13, 1950No. 244, Docket 21693PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Circuit Judge.
Libellant, a former wiper on the S. S. Charles Sumner, sued the United States, as owner of the vessel, to recover for personal injuries allegedly sustained on two separate occasions during his employment upon it. As a first cause of action the libellant alleged that he was injured about 2:00 p.m. on December 27, 1944, while the vessel was at sea. As a second cause of action he then alleged that he was injured on January 13, 1945, when he slipped and fell on the dock near the foot of the gangway as the vessel lay alongside a quay at Antwerp, Belgium. The district court…
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