Lorensen v. Jenney Manufacturing Co.

ALDRICH, District Judge.

This libel for maintenance and cure is defended solely for failure to disclose a pre-existing health condition, a ground previously considered by this court in Hazelton v. Luckenbach S. S. Co., D.C. D.Mass., 134 F.Supp. 525.

Libelant, 53 years old, has followed the sea’ for 20 years. In Februray, 1957 while aboard respondent’s vessel CharlesJenney, he suffered a cerebral hemorrhage, from which he is still disabled. In 1951, while aboard the Washington, he suffered a prior attack. For this he was treated as an outpatient for two months and then discharged as fit for…