Olsen v. Whitney
| Decision Date | 31 May 1901 |
| Docket Number | 12,356. |
| Citation | 109 F. 80 |
| Court | U.S. District Court — Northern District of California |
| Parties | OLSEN v.WHITNEY et al. |
H Digby Johnston, for libelant.
Myrick & Deering, for defendants.
It is alleged in the libel that libelant shipped as third mate on the schooner Uranus, April 3, 1899, for a cod-fishing voyage to the coast of Alaska, at wages depending on the catch at the rate of $27.50 per 1,000 codfish caught by him, and in pursuance of such contract entered into the service of the schooner on the following day, and so continued until April 16, 1899, when his leg was fractured while engaged at his work on the deck of said schooner; that by reason thereof 'he was unable further to perform the duties of such seaman, and remained so unable until long after the schooner completed her voyage. ' The action is to recover the wages which would have been earned by the libelant if the voyage had been completed by him, calculated on the basis of the agreement under which he shipped.
1. It is a well-settled rule of the maritime law that a seaman injured in the service of his ship, without gross negligence or gross misconduct on his part, is entitled to full wages to the end of the voyage for which he shipped. The City of Alexandria (D.C.) 17 F. 390; The Robert C. McQuillen (D.C.) 91 F. 688; The Governor Ames (D.C.) 55 F. 327; Longstreet v. The R.R. Springer (D.C.) 4 Fed. 671; Neilson v. The Laura, 2 Sawy. 242, Fed. Cas. No. 10,092; Curt. Merch. Seam. p 290.
2. The action is not barred by the judgment in the former action brought by the libelant against the schooner Uranus. That was an action to recover damages sustained by the libelant by reason of the fracturing of his leg on the voyage mentioned in the libel herein. The libel in that case charged that the injury received by libelant was caused by the negligence of the owners of the Uranus in sending her upon the voyage with insufficient tackle; and it was further charged that her master was guilty of negligence, after the accident, in not going into the nearest port, where libelant could have received proper surgical and medical care. The court found that the master of the Uranus was negligent as charged, and that by reason thereof libelant had sustained damages in the sum of $1,000, for which judgment was rendered in his favor. The libelant did not seek in that action to recover the wages now sued for, and his right to recover the same was...
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