Legal Opinion
Maritime Overseas Corp. v. United States
District Court, N.D. California
Decided January 26, 1977No. C-74-0568 RHSPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM DECISION, FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
SCHNACKE, District Judge.
In March of 1972, Carter C. Turner (Turner), a seaman aboard the SS Overseas Ulla, fell ill. The vessel, owned and operated by Maritime Overseas Corporation (Maritime) under a time charter to the United States, was in port at Sasebo, Japan. The Master of the vessel telephoned to the United States Naval Dispensary at Sasebo, and arranged for Turner to be transported to and treated or examined at, the Dispensary.
The Dispensary, although not a Naval Hospital, had 40 beds, and ordinarily about seven doctors and…
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