COTTON v. ADVANCE STEAMSHIP COMPANY

No. 53 of 1954.

173 F.Supp. 707 (1959)

James D. COTTON v. ADVANCE STEAMSHIP COMPANY and Overseas Navigation Corporation.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

June 2, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stark & Goldstein, Herman Moskowitz, Philadelphia, Pa., for libellant.

Rawle & Henderson, Harrison G. Kildare, Philadelphia, Pa., for respondent.


KRAFT, District Judge.

From the evidence in this action for maintenance and cure, the court makes the following:

Findings of Fact

1. Libellant, James D. Cotton, as an employee of both respondents, signed on as messman in the crew of the SS "William H. Wilmer" on September 9, 1953.

2. Dr. George E. Burden, on respondents' behalf, made a pre-sign-on physical examination of the libellant, and, upon the basis of his examination, reported the...

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