BURNS v. UNITED STATES

No. 91.

62 F.Supp. 603 (1945)

BURNS v. UNITED STATES et al.

District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

September 28, 1945.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dorfman & Levitan, of Philadelphia, Pa., for libellant.

Krusen, Evans & Shaw, of Philadelphia, Pa., for respondents.


KALODNER, District Judge.

This action was instituted by libel in admiralty seeking maintenance and cure. Trial was by the Court without a jury. The facts subsequently stated were agreed to by stipulation.

A single question is presented:

Should maintenance and cure be allowed to a seaman who, at the time of his employment, failed to disclose a prior existing hernia, and whose incapacitation during the voyage was due solely to the fact that he "forgot...

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