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MICHELSEN v. MOORE-McCORMACK LINES, INC.

No. 625, Docket 33247.

429 F.2d 394 (1970)

Frederick MICHELSEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MOORE-McCORMACK LINES, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided June 29, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ned R. Phillips, New York City (Abraham E. Freedman, Charles Sovel, and Edward M. Katz, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant.

W. Shelby Coates, Jr., New York City (Browne, Hyde & Dickerson, New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellee.

Before MOORE and FEINBERG, Circuit Judges, and BONSAL, District Judge.

PER CURIAM:

The plaintiff, Frederick Michelsen, an able-bodied seaman, claims that he contracted infectious hepatitis while employed aboard the S.S. "Mormacpine," a vessel owned and operated by defendant, during a voyage to South America in the summer of 1965. Plaintiff contends that he contracted the infectious hepatitis "as a result of the filthy and unhealthy manner in which the sanitary facilities aboard the vessel were maintained, particularly in foreign ports...

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