THOMAS F. MURPHY, District Judge.
In this action under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, and General Maritime Law for personal injuries by an alien seaman against a foreign shipowner, defendants raise by motion, before answer, the recurring troublesome problem of the applicability of United States laws in foreign-seamen and foreign-owner cases.
Plaintiff, a Greek subject, on March 9, 1960, at Piraeus, Greece, signed an employment agreement to proceed...
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