Legal Opinion
Hunt v. Trawler Brighton, Inc.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided January 24, 1952No. 51-31PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FORD, District Judge.
Libelant in this suit seeks to recover maintenance and cure for the period during which he was disabled following an injury received on February 6, 1951. The important question is whether, at the time of his accident, libelant was in the service of the respondent’s ship.
Sometime in December, 1950, libelant, who has been for several years a fisherman on vessels sailing from Boston, was asked by the mate and later by the captain of the trawler Brighton, owned by the respondent, if he wished to make a trip with them. As a result, he went on that trip and also, for two or…
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- Warren v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Smith v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1948
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