GIBSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 75 of 1947.

100 F.Supp. 954 (1951)

GIBSON v. UNITED STATES.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

October 31, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Gerald A. Gleeson, U. S. Atty., Krusen, Evans & Shaw, Philadelphia, Pa., for the United States.


KALODNER, Circuit Judge.

The question presented is whether a member of a ship's crew is entitled to maintenance and cure for periods of unemployment while recuperating from a heart attack which he suffered while in the service of the vessel.

This libel in personam was brought against the United States pursuant to the Suits in Admiralty Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 741 et seq. As originally drafted, it set out two causes of action, one for indemnity and one for...

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