United Fruit Company v. William E. Sumrall

HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge,

Plaintiff, a seaman, sued (1) for damages under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, and general maritime law, and (2) for maintenance and cure for disability, suffered while in the service of the Ship Cape Ann. The jury decided the damage action against him. The district judge decided the maintenance action in his faVor, allowing 580 days from August 22, 1955^ when defendant ceased payments, to March 26, 1957, when plaintiff reported for duty.

Defendant is here insisting that the court erred: (1) in finding and concludjno- that plaintiff suffered disability whiie jn the…