MAIDEN v. UNITED STATES

No. 27024.

133 F.Supp. 430 (1955)

Louis L. MAIDEN, Libelant, v. UNITED STATES of America et al., Respondents.

United States District Court N. D. California, S. D.

August 3, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay A. Darwin, Robert F. Peckham, San Francisco, Cal., for libelant.

Lloyd H. Burke U. S. Atty., Keith R. Ferguson Special Asst. to the Atty. Gen., Lillick, Geary, Olson, Adams & Charles, San Francisco, Cal., for respondents.


ROCHE, Chief Judge.

The libel in this action sets out three separate causes of action:

(a) The first cause of action for Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, negligence and for the General Maritime remedy of unseaworthiness;

(b) The second cause of action for the General Maritime implied contractual right of maintenance and cure; and

(c) The third cause of action for "unearned" wages to the end of the voyage. (This claim was withdrawn at the...

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