Warren v. United States

MEDINA, District Judge.

In Shilman v. United States, 2 Cir., 164 F.2d 649, the Circuit Court of- Appeals did not decide that a seaman may not recover maintenance and cure against a steamship company acting under a General Agency Agreement. The contention that the Circuit Court of Appeals would so hold, should such a case come before it, is based upon the statement at the end of the opinion that neither in the Hust case (Hust v. Moore-McCormack Lines, 328 U.S. 707, 66 S.Ct. 1218, 90 L.Ed. 1534) nor in the Caldarola case (Caldarola v. Eckert, 332 U.S. 155, 67 S.Ct 1569) was it held that the…