KATZ v. CIE GENERALE TRANSATLANTIQUE

No. 7918.

271 F.2d 590 (1959)

Ottilie Ruth Sara KATZ, also known as Mrs. Nathan Katz, Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. CIE GENERALE TRANSATLANTIQUE, a corporation, Owner, Appellee and Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 26, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Israel Steingold, Richmond, Va. (S. A. Steingold, Norfolk, Va., and Steingold & Steingold, Norfolk, Va., on the brief) for appellant and cross-appellee.

Barron F. Black, Norfolk, Va. (Joseph A. Gawrys, and Vandeventer, Black & Meredith, Norfolk, Va., on the brief) for appellee and cross-appellant.

Before SOBELOFF, Chief Judge, BOREMAN, Circuit Judge, and BUTLER, District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

While a passenger on the steamship Liberte on July 4, 1956, Ottilie Ruth Sara Katz, the appellant, injured her foot in striking it against a door sill said to have been negligently constructed and inadequately lighted. Some months later, on January 8, 1957, she fell in Richmond, Virginia, and fractured her wrist, as a result of which she suffered a disability which she claims has destroyed or impaired her earning power as a beautician. She attributes the...

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