Worthy Siders, Jr. v. Ohio River Company

OPINION OF THE COURT

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court denying appellant Si-ders’ claim for “maintenance and cure.” The district court, in a well-written opinion, 351 F.Supp. 987, held that appellant did not prove that he had become mentally or physically ill in any substantial way while on appellee’s ship. The court found alternatively that appellant could be denied recovery because during his pre-employment physical, he wilfully concealed information about his prior poor health.

Appellant presents three grounds for reversal:

1) the district court’s findings of fact and…