LORTIE v. AMERICAN-HAWAIIAN S. S. CO.

No. 7525.

78 F.2d 819 (1935)

LORTIE v. AMERICAN-HAWAIIAN S. S. CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 6, 1935.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. H. Fish, of San Francisco, Cal., for appellant.

Louis T. Hengstler, Frederick W. Dorr, both of San Francisco, Cal. (Andros, Hengstler & Dorr, of San Francisco, Cal., of counsel), for appellee.

Before WILBUR, GARRECHT, and DENMAN, Circuit Judges.


GARRECHT, Circuit Judge.

Alleging negligence on the part of his fellow seamen in the testing and in the operation of a winch aboard the steamship Mexican, owned by the appellee, the appellant filed a libel in personam, asking for general damages of $25,000 for personal injuries. The appellant also filed an amendment to his libel, praying for an additional sum of approximately $863, as "maintenance and cure" since his discharge from the United States Marine Hospital...

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