Legal Opinion
Steuer v. NEDERL-AMERIK STOOMVAART MAATSCHAPPF, ETC.
District Court, S.D. Florida
Decided June 29, 1973No. Civ. 72-1856Published
1Opinion of the Court
FINAL JUDGMENT
ROETTGER, District Judge.
This admiralty case involves a claim for cure, maintenance having been waived. The facts are largely undisputed.
Plaintiff is a Jewish Rabbi who had to retire in 1969 as a result of hypertension and was receiving total disability payments from Social Security for his condition. He moved to South Florida from Chicago and suffered a heart attack in 1970.
Plaintiff wrote several cruise lines and made himself available to serve as a clergyman on a cruise. The court takes judicial notice that conducting church services aboard a cruise vessel in return for free…
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