HUDSPETH v. ATLANTIC & GULF STEVEDORES, INC.

Civ. A. No. 66-819.

266 F.Supp. 937 (1967)

William O. HUDSPETH, Plaintiff, v. ATLANTIC & GULF STEVEDORES, INC., Defendant.

United States District Court E. D. Louisiana, New Orleans Division.

April 17, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilson M. Montero, Jr., New Orleans, La., for plaintiff.

Cornelius G. Van Dalen, New Orleans, La., for defendant.


RUBIN, District Judge:

This motion for summary judgment puts the question: Is a seaman who usually provides his own meals even while working aboard his ship and who usually returns to his home ashore at night entitled to be paid maintenance during a period of disability resulting from an injury received in the service of his vessel? The answer is neither self-evident nor is it provided clearly by the school of decisions concerning seamen's rights. Yet on principle...

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