Read the full judgment text of DCEC 000163/1977 on BabelCite. This District Court judgment was delivered on 4 January 1979.
1. This is an action for Workmen's Compensation under Section s9 & 10 of the Workmen's Compensation Ordinance Cap. 282. The Applicant was employed as a seaman on board the M.V. Ogden Saguenay by Messrs. Dodwell Shipping Ltd. as agent for the owner of the vessel Messrs. Ogden Marine Inc. 280, Park Avenue, New York. The vessel was registered in Liberia and the accident occurred on the 13th December 1976 when the vessel was at Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.A. The applicant sustained a fracture of his