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POLITIS v. THE S/S OAKHURST

No. 389.

177 F.Supp. 761 (1959)

Stamatis G. POLITIS, Libellant, v. THE British S/S OAKHURST, her boats, engines, tackle, apparel, etc., J. Vaughan, a nonresident, individually and as Master, and Rex Shipping Company, Ltd., and Hadjilas and Co., Ltd., both foreign corporations or associations, as owners and/or operators of the British S/S Oakhurst, Respondents.

United States District Court E. D. Virginia, Newport News Division.

October 12, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burt M. Morewitz, Newport News, Va., for libellant.

Vandeventer, Black & Meredith, Charles F. Tucker, Norfolk, Va., for respondents.

WALTER E. HOFFMAN, District Judge.

On October 9, 1957, this action was filed in which libellant seeks the recovery of the sum of $58,898 for personal injuries received due to the alleged negligence of the respondents and the alleged unseaworthiness of the vessel. Included in the amount claimed by libellant is a claim for maintenance, cure, and earned wages alleged to have been wrongfully withheld.

Libellant was born in Greece, but at all time material herein...

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