BURSTEIN v. UNITED STATES LINES CO.

No. 123.

134 F.2d 89 (1943)

BURSTEIN v. UNITED STATES LINES CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

February 10, 1943.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lester Lyons, of New York City (Saul Sperling, of New York City, on the brief), for appellant.

Vernon S. Jones, of New York City (Kirlin, Campbell, Hickox, Keating & McGrann and Raymond Parmer, all of New York City, on the brief), for appellee.

Before L. HAND, CHASE, and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


CLARK, Circuit Judge.

The question involved herein is whether Rev.Stat. § 4283A, 46 U.S.C.A. § 183b, forbidding the owner of a vessel to require a shorter time than six months for notice of, and one year for suit upon, "claims for loss of life or bodily injury" of its passengers, applies to a claim by a husband for loss of services and medical expenses for injury to his wife.1 Though the district court held the wife's claim for...

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