WEHE v. UNITED STATES

No. 481 of 1952.

130 F.Supp. 768 (1955)

Joseph A. WEHE v. UNITED STATES of America.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

May 9, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Wilson White, U. S. Atty., Krusen, Evans & Shaw, Philadelphia, Pa., of counsel, for respondent.

Dorfman & Pechner, Philadelphia, Pa., for libellant.


CLARY, District Judge.

This is an admiralty action by a merchant seaman against the owner of a vessel on which he was employed to recover damages for personal injury sustained while at work aboard the ship, under the provisions of the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688, and also to recover maintenance and cure. The case was tried by the Court, without a jury, and each counsel has submitted briefs and requested findings of fact and conclusions of law. The Court finds...

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