Legal Opinion
O'Keeffe v. Smith, Hinchman & Grylls Associates, Inc.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 29, 1965No. 307PublishedCited by 230 opinions
1Per curiam
Robert C. Ecker drowned during a Saturday outing while boating on a South Korean lake. At the time of his death he was employed at a defense base in South Korea by the respondent, Smith, Hinchman & Grylls Associates, a government contractor.
*360The decedent had been hired in the United States under an oral contract the terms of which provided that he was to be transported to South Korea at his employer’s expense, remain there for two years, and then, at his employer’s expense, be transported back to the United States. The employer paid his rent and provided him with a per diem expense allowance…
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