SAWYER v. CALIFORNIA TANKER COMPANY

Civ. A. No. 874-54.

147 F.Supp. 324 (1957)

Cleveland B. SAWYER, Plaintiff, v. CALIFORNIA TANKER COMPANY, Defendant.

United States District Court D. New Jersey.

January 8, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerome L. Yesko, Paterson, N. J., for plaintiff.

Carpenter, Gilmour & Dwyer, Jersey City, N. J., Burrell Ives Humphreys, Jersey City, N. J., for defendant.


MODARELLI, District Judge.

This is a libel brought upon two causes of action, one for damages for alleged breach of warranty of seaworthiness, and the other for maintenance and cure. From the pleadings and proof at a trial without a jury, I make the following:

Findings of Fact

1. Plaintiff, Cleveland B. Sawyer, was employed by the defendant as a pumpman on June 7, 1953, on the late afternoon of which day he boarded the defendant's oil tanker, the...

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