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McFARLIN v. ALCOA STEAMSHIP COMPANY

Civ. A. No. 29906.

210 F.Supp. 793 (1962)

James W. McFARLIN v. ALCOA STEAMSHIP COMPANY, Inc.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

November 9, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Dorfman, of Dorfman, Pechner, Sacks & Dorfman, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

Joseph P. Green, of Krusen, Evans & Byrne, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant.

FREEDMAN, District Judge.

Defendant has moved to transfer this action to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, pursuant to 28 U.S.C.A. § 1404(a).1

The action was brought under the Jones Act (46 U.S.C.A. § 688) by a merchant seaman, on a claim that he fell and fractured his arm on returning to the defendant's vessel from shore leave in New Orleans, Louisiana. He alleges that the fall was...

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