PENKER v. DOLLAR S. S. LINE, INC.


8 F.Supp. 390 (1934)

PENKER v. DOLLAR S. S. LINE, Inc., Limited.

District Court, S. D. New York.

June 26, 1934.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lavenburg & Lavenburg, of New York City (Arthur Lavenburg, of New York City, of counsel), for libelant.

Kirlin, Campbell, Hickox, Keating & McGrann, of New York City (Walter X. Connor, of New York City, of counsel), for respondent.


GODDARD, District Judge.

The libelant, John Penker, seeks to recover maintenance and cure amounting to $5,000 as a result of contracting trachoma in his left eye while employed as a fireman on the respondent's steamship, President Hayes, on a voyage from Marseilles, France, to New York, in September, 1932.

I find that Penker was in sound condition when he entered upon the voyage, and that as a result of coming in contact with towels, food, or other articles...

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