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FISH v. RICHFIELD OIL CORPORATION

No. 71-59.

178 F.Supp. 750 (1959)

Albert C. FISH, Plaintiff, v. RICHFIELD OIL CORPORATION, a corporation, Defendant.

United States District Court S. D. California, Central Division.

November 16, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Margolis, McTernan & Branton, by Ben Margolis, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff.

Lillick, Geary, McHose, Roethke & Myers, by Lawrence D. Bradley, Jr., Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant.

YANKWICH, District Judge.

By this civil action a seaman seeks to recover damages in the sum of $10,000 under the Jones Act by reason of negligence,1 and wages, maintenance and cure in various amounts under general and maritime law, for illness happening while "in the ship's service". Historically the remedies are, as to seamen, "independent and cumulative".2 They are so generally recognized in whatever form...

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