Legal Opinion
Healey v. Sprague Steamship Co.
New York Supreme Court
Decided December 22, 1947PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSteuer, J.
Plaintiff, a seaman on the S. S. Trumbull, met with an accident while on shore leave in the port of Marseilles. He brings this action for maintenance and cure. While the evidence of the accident was not so complete as might be desired, in view of the circumstances it was satisfactory. That this type of accident gives rise to an action for maintenance and cure is now undoubted (Aguilar v. Standard Oil Co., 318 U. S. 724).
The major question in the case is whether this defendant is liable for maintenance and cure. Defendant was not the owner of the ship. Its connection with the vessel was…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Aguilar v. Standard Oil Co. of NJSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- S. R. A., Inc. v. MinnesotaSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Caldarola v. EckertSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Hust v. Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Caldarola v. Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1946
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Koistinen v. American Export Lines, Inc.City of New York Municipal Court · 1948
- Sanz v. Isbrandtsen Co.New York Supreme Court · 1949