Legal Opinion
Austin Joseph Ryan v. United States Lines Company
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 16, 1962No. 26854_1PublishedCited by 135 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LUMBARD, Chief Judge.
The plaintiff seaman, having been awarded a total of $9,764 as maintenance and cure and damages for an injury sustained on board the defendant’s vessel, appeals on the ground that his award was inadequate.
On the morning of January 15, 1958, the S. S. Pioneer Ming, owned by the defendant United States Lines, was in Manila Harbor, preparing to unload cargo. While Austin Ryan, an able-bodied seaman, was assisting in the rigging and securing of the ship’s gear, he was struck in the head and injured by either a shackle or shackle pin which a winch had torn loose from the pad…
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