Kalantzis v. Mesar

HOFFMAN, District Judge.

Libellant has instituted this action under the provisions of 28 U.S.C.A. § 1916 against the Master of the American S. S. Sealife and its owner, Seafarer Steamship Company, a foreign corporation. An additional respondent, Orion Shipping and Trading Co., Inc., was not served with process and the action should be dismissed as to this respondent. The libfel alleges four causes of action as follows: (1) the failure of respondents to provide prompt and adequate medical care when libellant was stricken with acute appendicitis while the vessel was en route to Japan from Korea…