RIDDICK v. BALTIMORE STEAM PACKET COMPANY

No. 10826.

374 F.2d 870 (1967)

Dora White RIDDICK, Appellant, v. BALTIMORE STEAM PACKET COMPANY, a corporation, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided March 6, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fine, Fine, Legum, Schwan & Fine, Norfolk, Va., on brief for appellant.

Charles F. Tucker, Norfolk, Va. (Vandeventer, Black, Meredith & Martin, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellee.

Before BOREMAN, WINTER and CRAVEN, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

On February 5, 1965, Dora White Riddick filed her libel in admiralty seeking damage under the Jones Act and for failure of libellee to furnish a seaworthy vessel. Included in the libel was a count for maintenance and cure. In substance libellant (hereafter Riddick) claimed that she had contracted a skin disease, affecting the fingers of both hands, from detergents provided by libellee (hereafter respondent) and used by her in the performance of her duties...

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