District Court, S.D. New York April 8, 1955 (McClendon v. the Curtis Bay Towing Co.)

WEINFELD, District Judge.

The plaintiff commenced this Jones Act action against the defendant alleging that while employed from February 15 to March 11, 1951 as a seaman on board a tug owned by the defendant he contracted tuberculosis, due to defendant’s negligence and the unseaworthiness of the vessel. The action was commenced in this district in September, 1953.