Seifried v. Mon River Towing, Inc.

OPINION AND DECREE

SNYDER, District Judge.

This Court held a Non-Jury Trial on an action filed by the Plaintiff which contained two claims. The first claim was for Maintenance and Cure for an illness sustained while in the service of the Defendant’s vessel, and in the second claim Plaintiff sought damages for breach of an oral agreement to include the Plaintiff in the Pension Plan of the Defendant Company. As these matters are entirely separate, they will be considered seriatim.

DISCUSSION

The testimony was clear, and the Court so finds, that the Plaintiff was an employee of the Defendant. He…