Allen v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
DENMAN, Chief Judge.
This is an appeal from a decree in admiralty dismissing a libel in which Allen sought (a) to recover damages for tuberculosis caused by the unseaworthy conditions on vessels in which the United States required him to serve in the Pacific in the Second World War and (b) under a provision of his contract for wages during his incapacity from his tuberculosis.
A. So far as concerns Allen’s claim that he is entitled to recover for his injuries arising from employing him on vessels under unseaworthy conditions, causing his tuberculosis, it appears that he himself states that on…
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