MILTON v. PURE OIL COMPANY

No. 7841.

165 F.Supp. 635 (1958)

Alven MILTON, Jr., Libellant, v. The PURE OIL COMPANY, in personam, and THE SS DAVID D. IRWIN, her engines, etc., in rem, Respondents.

United States District Court E. D. Virginia, Norfolk Division.

September 25, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis B. Fine and Howard I. Legum, Norfolk, Va., for libellant.

Willcox, Cooke, Savage & Lawrence, T. Lanier Sawyer, Norfolk, Va., Joaquin Campoy, New Orleans, La., for respondents.


WALTER E. HOFFMAN, District Judge.

Libellant has instituted this action under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, and the general admiralty law, for damages, maintenance and cure arising from injuries allegedly sustained as a result of having been struck in the testicle by an allegedly defective buffer machine, while serving as a member of the crew of the David D. Irwin on or about May 5, 1957.

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