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TURNER v. "THE CABINS", TANKER, INC.

Civ. A. Nos. 3383, 3384.

327 F.Supp. 515 (1971)

Sidney D. TURNER, Plaintiff, v. "THE CABINS", TANKER, INC., and Texas City Refining, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

June 7, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas G. Hughes, of O'Donnell, Hughes & Lowicki, Wilmington, Del., and Sidney J. Smolinsky, of Pechner, Sacks, Cantor & Dorfman, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

Ernest S. Wilson, Jr., of Wilson & Russell, Wilmington, Del., and E. Alfred Smith, of Krusen, Evans & Byrne, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendants.

OPINION

LAYTON, District Judge.

The plaintiff in this case (hereinafter "Turner") was a seaman employed by defendants (hereinafter "shipowner") on board the SS "The Cabins". On July 2, 1967 while working aboard this vessel in Estero Bay, California he slipped and fell on the main deck injuring his wrist and occasioning this lawsuit. Jurisdiction is based upon the Jones Act, 46 U. S.C. § 688 and The General Maritime Law. Turner sought recovery for his...

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