Eugene J. Sammon v. Central Gulf Steamship Corporation

HAYS, Circuit Judge:

In October, 1964 plaintiff was referred for employment aboard defendant’s vessel, the S.S. “Green Port.” Before he was accepted, plaintiff was required to submit to a presign-on physical examination by the defendant’s physician. In the course of this examination, plaintiff reported, in response to a question concerning any earlier accident, injury or illness, that he had had tuberculosis in 1950. He did not, however, reveal that he once received medical attention for warts on the sole of his right foot. The defendant’s physician x-rayed plaintiff’s chest and found him…