INCH, Chief Judge.
This is an action by a seaman against his former employer to recover for a back injury allegedly sustained by him while working aboard the tugboat, Joseph V. Hogan, in September 1941. The action was not commenced until March, 1947.
The libel alleged two causes of action: the first, based on negligence under the authority of the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, and also unseaworthiness under the general maritime law; and the second for...
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