Legal Opinion
McAllister v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 8, 1954No. 23PublishedCited by 1,041 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Minton
The petitioner brought suit against the United States under the Suits in Admiralty Act, 46 U. S. C. § 741 et seq., to recover damages for negligence in creating conditions aboard ship whereby he contracted polio and for negligence in the treatment thereof. The District Court, sitting without a jury, made findings of fact and stated its conclusions of law thereon (Admiralty Rules, No. 46%) in which it found the respondent not guilty of negligence in the treatment of the petitioner after he became ill, but found it guilty of negligence in permitting condi tions to exist on board ship which were…
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