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DE ZON v. AMER. PRESIDENT LINES

No. 436.

318 U.S. 660 (1943)

63 S.Ct. 814

87 L.Ed. 1065

DE ZON v. AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES, LTD.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 5, 1943.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Herbert Resner for petitioner.

Mr. Edward F. Treadwell, with whom Mr. Reginald S. Laughlin was on the brief, for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE JACKSON delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioner, a seaman, brought an action at law under the Jones Act1 against the respondent shipowner. He alleged that while in the service of its ship he suffered injuries which resulted in the loss of his right eye, because of the negligence of the ship's doctor in treating him and in failing to have him hospitalized ashore. The trial court...

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