Vella v. Ford Motor Co., 421 U.S. 1 (1975)

Name: Vella v. Ford Motor Co., 421 U.S. 1 (1975) - Syllabus
Author: U.S. Supreme Court

Vella v. Ford Motor Co.

No. 73-1994

Argued February 18-19, 1975
Decided April 15, 1975
421 U.S. 1

CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT

Syllabus

A shipowner’s duty to furnish an injured seaman maintenance and cure continues from the date the seaman leaves the ship to the date when a medical diagnosis is made that his injury was permanent immediately after his accident, and therefore incurable. Pp. 3-6.

495 F.2d 1374, reversed and remanded.

BRENNAN, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.

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