Szanti v. Teryazos

MOSCOWITZ, District Judge.

This is a motion to decline jurisdiction. This is a case of great hardship both to the libellant and the respondent.

The libellant, a citizen of Hungary, became employed as a seaman on the steamship Leontios Teryazos on or about February 12, 1940, while the vessel was at Genoa, Italy. The libellant was injured on the vessel at Staten Island, New York, on March 21, 1940. According to his affidavit his injuries are of a serious nature. He states they have been diagnosed as “cerebral concussion, traumatic encephalopathy, and external hydrocephalus”. He further states…