U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1947

Nowery v. Smith

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · Decided May 21, 1947 · Maris, Goodrich, Ka-Lodner

161 F.2d 732; 1947 U.S. App. LEXIS 2829; 1947 A.M.C. 756 (Federal Reporter, Second Series)

Counsel

Thomas F. Mount, of Philadelphia, Pa., for appellants., Abraham E. Freedman, of Philadelphia, Pa., for appellee.

Cases that cite this one

4 later published cases cite this decision.

Keefe v. American Pac. S. S. Co. (United States District Court for the Southern District of California 1953)
Murphy v. Light (5th Cir. 1954)
Koistinen v. American Export Lines, Inc. (City of New York Municipal Court 1948)
Warren v. United States (District Court, S.D. New York 1947)

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Opinion

PER CURIAM.

The question presented is whether the plaintiff, a seaman, was entitled to maintenance and cure by reason of an injury suffered without fault on his part in a fight in a barroom while on shore leave in¡ a foreign port. For the reasons well stated in the opinion of. Judge Bard in the district court, 69 F.Supp. 755, denying the-defendant’s motion for judgment n. o. v. and for a new trial we think that the-award of maintenance and cure was-proper.

The judgment of the district court will! be affirmed.

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