Legal Opinion
Noel v. Isbrandtsen Co.
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided December 28, 1959No. 474PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALTER E. HOFFMAN, District Judge.
In an in personam action libellant, Noel, a competent marine surveyor, seeks damages at the hands of respondents for serious and permanent injuries sustained on September 5, 1957, on board the S. S. William Bevan, a vessel owned by the United States and chartered to Isbrandt-sen Company, Incorporated.
The original bareboat charter to Is-brandtsen was effective in September, 1956, at which time the vessel was removed from the “moth ball fleet”, taken to a Brooklyn Shipyard, and placed in condition for use by the charterer, Is-brandtsen, in the coal trade. At…
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