Case Name: THE MARS
Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1906-06-22
Citations: 145 F. 446
Docket Number: No. 47
Parties: THE MARS.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter
Volume: 145
Pages: 446–447

Head Matter:
THE MARS.
(District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.
June 22, 1906.)
No. 47.
Seamen — Injury in Service — Expense oe Cure.
A seaman injured in the service of a vessel is entitled to recover from the vessel all expense necessary to effect his cure, including board, medicines, and treatment so far as ordinary medical means extend, but not for extraordinary treatment, nor for attention which he can himself give.
[Ed. Note. — For cases in point, see vol. 43, Cent Dig. Seamen, §§ 39-44.]
Ip Admiralty. Suit for personal injury.
See 138 Fed. 941.
Howard M. Long, for libelant.
John F. Lewis, for respondent.

Opinion:
HOLLAND, J.
On the authority of McCarron v. Dominion Atlantic Railway Company (D. C.) 134 Fed. 762, I have allowed Dr. Roe's bill of $69, and the claim of Spira Sernas for medicine furnished Manides, amounting to $42, and board for the 26 weeks after he came out of the hospital, at $5 per week and $50 for future treatment which he seems to require, making a total of $291. The claimant wás treated at the German Hospital, and was discharged from there not entirely-cured, and he would be entitled to be paid for any necessary expense to effect a cure so far as the ordinary medical means extend, but not for extraordinary treatment or attention which he could himself give.
Decree accordingly.