Legal Opinion
Muruaga v. United States
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided May 18, 1948Published
1Opinion of the Court
BYERS, District Judge.
The libellant seeks a decree for maintenance and cure, by reason of disability suffered by him in the month of March, 1945, while serving as chef on the MooreMcCormack Lines’ steamship Uruguay, owned by the United States of America, and operated by Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc., under the usual operating contract. His condition was one of high blood pressure and hypertensive cardio vascular disease, which manifested itself during his said employment but was not caused by it.
He entered the Marine Hospital on Staten Island on March 26, 1945, and was discharged on April 27,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Calmar Steamship Corp. v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Loverich v. Warner Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1941
- Campbell v. American Foreign SS CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1941
- Tawada v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1947
- Rey v. Colonial Nav. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1941
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