MOREWITZ v. S.S. MATADOR

No. 8567.

306 F.2d 144 (1962)

Ruth A. MOREWITZ, Administratrix of the Estate of George Vokorokos, Deceased, Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. Panamanian S.S. MATADOR, and A. Vlasto, Phocean Ship Agency, Ltd., Appellees, and Motor Shipping Corporation of the Seven Seas, Appellee and Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 28, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burt M. Morewitz, Newport News, Va., for appellant and cross-appellee.

Walter B. Martin, Jr., Norfolk, Va. (Vandeventer, Black, Meredith & Martin, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellees and appellee and cross-appellant.

Before SOBELOFF, Chief Judge, and SOPER and BELL, Circuit Judges.


J. SPENCER BELL, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by the libellant George Vokorokos and a cross-appeal by the S/S Matador and Motor Shipping Corporation of the Seven Seas, her owner, from a decree of the United States District Court in Admiralty. The libel set forth four causes: the first and second, respectively, were for wages due and penalty for withholding; the third sounded in damages for failure to provide adequate medical care; and the fourth was for maintenance...

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