Caruso v. Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.

BARTELS, District Judge.

Cross-motions pursuant to Rule 32 of the Admiralty Rules, 28 U.S.C.A., for the production and inspection of certain witness statements in possession of each party.

In this action predicated upon an accident upon the respondent’s vessel while berthed in Brooklyn, the libellant has moved for an order compelling respondent Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc. to produce “Any and all statements obtained by respondent’s Claims Department or any other department or investigative agency with respect to the accident to the libellant on May 24, 1958.” Not only does the libellant’s moving…