John Kalantzis v. Joseph B. Mesar, a Non-Resident, as Master of the American S.S. Sealife

This is an appeal from a decree denying recovery, except for the sum of a $2.50 bonus, in a suit instituted by a seaman to recover maintenance and cure with wages and waiting time under 46 U.S.C.A. § 596. The facts are fully stated in the opinion and subsequent memorandum of the court below and need not be repeated here. The principal controversy relates to the refusal of the District Judge to award appellant waiting time under the statute, but we think that the decision with respect to this was clearly correct. Appellant had an operation for appendicitis in Japan in January 1953. The master…