Macris v. Sociedad Maritima San Nicolas, S.A.

WALSH, District Judge.

This was an action by a seaman against his employer to recover for disability resulting from effects of anesthesia administered in an operation to repair a hernia. He claimed that the hernia had been aggravated by acts and omissions of the defendants during a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Japan and return to San Francisco, and that this aggravation made necessary two operations instead of one and thereby caused the disability complained of. At the close of the case, his claim was dismissed for failure to prove any change of condition during the voyage. Thereafter,…