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Vella v. Ford Motor Co.

419 U.S. 894 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1974-10-21 Docket No. 73-1994 English

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No. 73-1994.
Vella v. Ford Motor Co.

C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari granted limited to Question 1 presented by the petition which reads as follows: “Is a disabled seaman who contracted by trauma a permanent disease while in the service of a vessel entitled to maintenance and cure payments during the interim between the period the incident occurred and the time the disease was medically diagnosed and proclaimed incurable?”