SMITH v. SEITTER

No. 282.

225 F.Supp. 282 (1964)

Ishmal Ray SMITH, Libellant, v. John E. SEITTER, Respondent.

United States District Court E. D. North Carolina, New Bern Division.

January 3, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Claud R. Wheatly, Jr., Beaufort, N. C., for libellant.

George H. McNeill, Morehead City, N. C., for respondent.


LARKINS, District Judge.

SUMMARY

The libel in this admiralty case combines three actions within the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688, for damages, maintenance, and cure. The cause came on to be heard at a Special Term at Beaufort, North Carolina, commencing July 29, 1963, before this Court sitting without a jury.

The libel is based upon a personal injury sustained by a seaman on the shrimp trawler, SHELLFISH, owned by Respondent Seitter. The accident...

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