VAUGHAN v. ATKINSON

No. 480.

200 F.Supp. 802 (1960)

Clifford VAUGHAN, Libellant-Petitioner, v. N. J. ATKINSON, a non-resident, individually, and as Master; National Shipping & Trading Corporation and American Waterways Corporation, both foreign corporations, as owners and/or operators of the American SS "National Liberty", Respondents.

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

November 5, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Vandeventer, Black, Meredith & Martin (Walter B. Martin, Jr.), Norfolk, Va., for respondents.


WALTER E. HOFFMAN, District Judge.

The libellant, an American seaman, served on the respondent's vessel, the American Steamship "NATIONAL LIBERTY" from November 26, 1956, to March 2, 1957, when he was discharged from said vessel at Norfolk, Virginia, upon the termination of a voyage. On March 8, 1957, libellant reported to the United States Public Health Service Hospital at Norfolk, Virginia, for examination and was admitted to that institution as an in-patient on...

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