FREDERICK van PELT BRYAN, District Judge.
Plaintiff, a seaman on the S. S. Petro Emperor, sues the owner of the vessel to recover for personal injuries sustained aboard her on August 4, 1958.
The case was tried to the court without a jury.
Plaintiff is a Norwegian national. The Petro Emperor is a Liberian flag tanker and defendant owner is a Liberian corporation. Plaintiff signed aboard the vessel in Portland, Maine. The accident occurred while she...
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