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SANTA MADRE v. DAGOUNAKIS

No. 8050.

277 F.2d 461 (1960)

THE SANTA MADRE, her engines, boilers, boats, tackle, apparel and furniture, in rem, and St. John Shipping & Trading Corporation, Owners and/or Bareboat Charterers, in personam, Appellants, v. Demetrios DAGOUNAKIS, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided April 25, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter B. Martin, Jr., Norfolk, Va. (Vandeventer, Black, Meredith & Martin, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellants.

L. David Lindauer, Portsmouth, Va. (Augustus Anninos, Norfolk, Va., and Bangel, Bangel & Bangel, Portsmouth, Va., on brief), for appellee.

Before SOBELOFF, Chief Judge, and HAMLEY and BOREMAN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

The controversy here is whether the shipowner's attorney was authorized to settle a personal injury claim against the ship and its owner for $7,000.00 plus costs. The plaintiff, Dagounakis, is a Greek seaman who was allegedly injured on the "Santa Madre" as a result of an unseaworthy condition.

The District Judge found that the settlement was authorized, and this finding is amply supported in the record...

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