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VAUGHAN v. ATKINSON

No. 480.

206 F.Supp. 575 (1962)

Clifford VAUGHAN, Libellant, v. N. J. ATKINSON et al., Respondents.

United States District Court E. D. Virginia, Newport News Division.

July 24, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. L. Morewitz, Burt M. Morewitz, Newport News, Va., for libellant.

Walter B. Martin, Jr., (Vandeventer, Black, Meredith & Martin) Norfolk, Va., for respondents.

WALTER E. HOFFMAN, Chief Judge.

Subsequent to the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, 369 U.S. 527, 82 S.Ct. 997, 8 L.Ed.2d 88, this case was heard on remand to determine the amount of damages to be assessed against the respondents.

As this court interprets the language of the Supreme Court, the intent and purpose of the same is that the trial court should make the seaman "whole", i. e., he should not be required...

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