SANTORINAKIS v. THE S.S. ORPHEUS

No. 7878.

176 F.Supp. 343 (1959)

Nicoloas SANTORINAKIS, Libellant, v. THE S.S. ORPHEUS, her engines, boats, etc., in rem and Orpheus Marine Transport Corporation of Panama, a foreign corporation or association, as owners, operators and agents of said vessel, in personam, Respondents.

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

September 11, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney H. Kelsey and Peter K. Babalas, Norfolk, Va., for libellant.

Seawell, McCoy, Winston & Dalton, John W. Winston, Norfolk, Va., for respondents.


WALTER E. HOFFMAN, District Judge.

Libellant, a Greek seaman holding a chief steward's license, was injured on August 17, 1957, on board the steamship Orpheus, a Greek flag vessel owned by the respondent Panamanian corporation. The vessel was in the process of leaving the dock at Hamburg, Germany, when the accident occurred. As illegal advances of wages were made to libellant in United States ports, this Court exercised jurisdiction over the entire controversy following...

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