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DRYDEN v. OCEAN ACCIDENT & GUARANTEE CORP., LTD.

No. 8310.

138 F.2d 291 (1943)

DRYDEN et al. v. OCEAN ACCIDENT & GUARANTEE CORPORATION, LIMITED.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

October 26, 1943.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis H. Strasser, of St. Louis, Mo., and Henry A. Converse, of Springfield, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Verlie Eastman & Schlafly and Emerson Baetz, all of Alton, Ill., for Hugh C. Blaske, defendant and third party plaintiff-appellee.

Joseph N. Hassett, of St. Louis, Mo., and Marks Alexander, of Springfield, Ill., for Ocean Accident & Guarantee Corp., third party defendant-appellant.

Emerson Baetz and Verlie, Eastman & Schlafly, all of Alton, Illinois, for third party plaintiff-appellee (insured).

Before SPARKS, MAJOR, and KERNER, Circuit Judges.

KERNER, Circuit Judge.

A seaman sues his employer for money expended in obtaining a cure and maintaining himself while unable to work as a result of injuries incurred in the destruction of his employer's boat by fire. The defendant-employer seeks to have its insurer defend the cause and pay such judgment as might be rendered. The insurer resists such liability on the ground that the recovery sought was for "maintenance and cure" — damages which arise from an...

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