COOKINGHAM v. UNITED STATES

No. 219 of 1947, Admiralty.

87 F.Supp. 203 (1949)

COOKINGHAM v. UNITED STATES et al.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

July 20, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Freedman, Landy & Lorry, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

Krusen, Evans & Shaw, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendants.


KIRKPATRICK, Chief Judge.

This is an action in admiralty by a seaman to recover damages for personal injuries, for maintenance and cure, and also to recover the value of his personal effects.

The libellant, who was second cook and baker on board the Rufus W. Peckham, was going down a stairway leading to the chill box to get some food for the crew when he slipped on a substance, apparently Jello, which lay on one of the steps in a patch containing two or three...

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