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FERNANDEZ v. UNITED FRUIT COMPANY

No. 18548.

287 F.2d 447 (1961)

Jose S. FERNANDEZ, Appellant, v. UNITED FRUIT COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 30, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel C. Gainsburgh, New Orleans, La., for appellant.

Arthur B. Hammond, Jr., New Orleans, La., Robert A Collins, New Orleans, La., for appellee.

Before TUTTLE, Chief Judge, and CAMERON and WISDOM, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

In this action, Jose Fernandez, a seaman (junior engineer), seeks to recover from his former employer amounts allegedly due him, since December 13, 1957, for maintenance and cure. The libellant left his ship in September 1956 and entered the United States Public Health Service Hospital at New Orleans, Louisiana, complaining of internal bleeding. At the hospital, in the course of an operation described as an exploratory laparotomy right hemicolectomy, a...

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