CONNORTON v. HARBOR TOWING CORPORATION

No. 9998.

352 F.2d 517 (1965)

Melvin A. CONNORTON, Appellant, v. HARBOR TOWING CORPORATION, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided November 8, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard M. Goldstein, Baltimore, Md., for appellant.

Randall C. Coleman, Baltimore, Md. (Manfred W. Leckszas and Ober, Williams & Grimes, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellee.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and BOREMAN and J. SPENCER BELL, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Appellant fell and struck his chest on a bitt aboard appellee's tugboat. He appeals from the finding below that the fall was not a proximate cause of pulmonary tuberculosis the presence of which was confirmed one year after the accident. Counsel for appellant argues persuasively that the testimony of his two medical experts would abundantly support a finding that trauma was a causative factor in precipitating the disease.

There was, however, ample...

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