George Light v. Thomas J. Murphy

In this case, now back for the third time, Murphy v. Light, 5 Cir., 211 F.2d 824, 1954 A.M.C. 908, certiorari denied, 350 U.S. 960, 76 S.Ct. 348, 100 L. Ed. 834; Murphy v. Light, 5 Cir., 224 F.2d 944, 1955 A.M.C. 1986, it is the shipowner, not the seaman, who appeals from the judgment of the District Court. After the last remand, the Court proceeded by a bearing to determine the amount of maintenance and cure to which libellant was then entitled. The Court allowed maintenance at $6.00 per day for 22 days totaling $132.00 and $73.00 for medical expenses incurred. While the formal proof on the…