VAN VALKENBURG v. MIDLAND STEAMSHIP LINE

Civ. A. No. 6921.

162 F.Supp. 67 (1956)

William R. VAN VALKENBURG, Plaintiff, v. MIDLAND STEAMSHIP LINE, Inc., Defendant.

United States District Court W. D. New York.

January 3, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Eldridge Sampliner, Cleveland, Ohio (Charles R. Sandler, Buffalo, N. Y., of counsel), for plaintiff.

Russell V. Bleecker, Cleveland, Ohio (William J. Regan, Buffalo, N. Y., of counsel), for defendant.


MORGAN, District Judge.

Plaintiff sues the Midland Steamship Line, Inc. for negligence under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, and unseaworthiness under the General Maritime Code resulting from injuries sustained in an altercation aboard defendant's vessel between the plaintiff and defendant's servant, an oiler. Plaintiff has also joined a second cause of action for maintenance and cure for the sum of $3,100.

Defendant now moves this Court for an order...

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