Legal Opinion
Wood v. Standard Products Co., Inc.
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided September 19, 1978No. Civ. A. 77-0338-RPublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
WARRINER, District Judge.
In this action by Caster Wood, a fisherman, against defendant Standard Products Company, Inc., shipowner, and defendant United States of America, Wood amended his complaint to add Dr. Robert E. Beatley as a party. Dr. Beatley is the physician who treated Wood for fish slime infection and it is the alleged deficiency in that treatment which is central to this action.
Wood, while working as a fisherman in the Chesapeake Bay for defendant employer Standard Products, incurred an infection in the middle finger of his left hand. The infection was treated by Dr.…
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