Legal Opinion
Dodd v. THE M/V PEGGY G.
District Court, S.D. Alabama
Decided March 29, 1957No. 2551PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS, District Judge.
Libelant seaman, a tubercular patient in a marine hospital, who could have been released to out-patient status, if he could have adequately provided for himself, sues for maintenance from the time he could have been released.
Findings of Fact
1. Libelant was employed as a seaman on the fishing boat Peggy G., which is owned by the Star Fish and Oyster Company of Mobile, Alabama.
2. In January 1954, libelant complained that he was not feeling well. The captain of the Peggy G. issued a certificate entitling libelant to medical care at the Marine Hospital, Mobile, Alabama.…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Cortes v. Baltimore Insular Line, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- De Zon v. American President Lines, Ltd.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
- United States v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1947
- Field v. Waterman SS CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1939
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Martinez v. Star Fish and Oyster Co., Inc.District Court, S.D. Alabama · 1974
- Bosarge v. Triple T. Boats, Inc.District Court, S.D. Alabama · 1975
- Vaughan v. AtkinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Vaughan v. AtkinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1962