Aguilar v. Standard Oil Co.

This appeal turns upon whether a seaman may maintain a suit for maintenance and cure under the following circumstances. The ship was in port moored to a wharf, and the plaintiff got leave to go ashore to attend to personal business. To go to his destination he had to cross the premises of the Mexican-Petroleum Company at which the ship was moored; and, while he was coming back after finishing his business, he was struck by a motor truck and injured, about half a mile away from the ship. The district judge held that his right to maintenance and cure extended only to injuries suffered while he…