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PYLES v. AMERICAN TRADING & PRODUCTION CORPORATION

Civ. A. No. 64-G-66.

244 F.Supp. 685 (1965)

Charles PYLES, Jr., Plaintiff, v. AMERICAN TRADING & PRODUCTION CORPORATION, Defendant.

United States District Court S. D. Texas, Galveston Division.

August 10, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mandell & Wright, Sidney Ravkind, Houston, Tex., for plaintiff.

Eastham, Watson, Dale & Forney, Edward W. Watson, Houston, Tex., for defendant.

NOEL, District Judge.

This case is before the Court upon plaintiff's motion for judgment.

Plaintiff is a seaman. On April 10, 1964 he signed with the defendant for a voyage aboard defendant's vessel, the S.S. MARYLAND TRADER, having been pronounced fit for duty by a doctor of defendant's choice. Plaintiff injured his back on July 16, 1964 during a cleaning operation aboard the ship when he attempted singlehandedly to lift a Butterworth machine out of one of...

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