FLORES v. PRANN

Civ. No. 11-59.

175 F.Supp. 140 (1959)

Fermin Fonseca FLORES, Plaintiff, v. Robert R. PRANN, Defendant.

United States District Court D. Puerto Rico, San Juan Division.

August 25, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley Feldstein and Harvey, Nachman, San Juan, P. R., for plaintiff.

Brown, Newsom & Cordova, San Juan, P. R., for defendant.


RUIZ-NAZARIO, District Judge.

In this action brought under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688 and the general maritime law, defendant has pleaded certain affirmative defenses which the plaintiff has moved the court to strike.

Plaintiff alleges that he is a seaman and is suing his employer, who was covered by the Workmen's Compensation Act of Puerto Rico, 11 L.P.R.A. § 1 et seq. Plaintiff admits that he was paid a certain amount under the Workmen's...

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