12 SETTLEMENT FOR ACCIDENTS TO AMERICAN SEAMEN
TABLE B.—Cases covered distributed by principal injury or condition and method
of settlement

Method of settling cases

[njury or condition

Amputation or dismemberment..____.___
Concussion, dislocation, or fracture:
Head..... PRR
BOOT = wcuiim mmm nmms = in = a mmm Sin
Armsand legs ___.o_oo__._. __..._..
Hands and wrists. _._.__.._._..
Ankles and feet .ooeonevooaon. oo
Burn and scald... ooo...
Abrasion, bruise, laceration, or puncture
Jprain.__.
“train. _.
£31051: YH
Joreign matter embedded _........_._
Jdccupational disease. .c..ooococcecans
Death ____. . ous ga
Other cars

All CaSBS ee eee

Followed by infection... o.oo...

Number
of cases

47

A
53
71
7

Number of cases
involving no
legal fees

2ersonal
agree- |
ment

No
claim
filed

0

3

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Number of cases involving
legal fees

Agreement
 by
attorney

Action
COI Promised


Jury or
judge

10

8
§
20
¥

1
4
4

TTT
9
TTT
3
i
2
34
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Table 6 shows the per cent of the total cases closed by each method
of settlement distributed by the principal injury or condition. It
shows that 20 per cent of the cases settled by personal agreement
and 12 per cent of the cases in which no claim was filed were the result
of concussion, dislocation, or fracture, as compared with 29 per cent
of the cases in the ‘“Agreement by attorney’ group, 28 per cent in
the ‘Action compromised’ group, and 30 per cent in the “Jury or
judge” group, while 21 per cent of the total cases covered resulted
from those causes. The table shows also that 40 per cent of the
cases settled by personal agreement and 52 per cent of those in which
no claim was filed were caused by abrasion, bruise, laceration, or
puncture, as compared with 33 per cent in the ‘Agreement by attorney’’
 group, 31 per cent of the ‘“ Action compromised’ group, and
26 per cent of the “Jury or judge” group. It will thus be seen that
more than half of the cases covered in which seamen retained legal
ald originated from injuries included in the two groups mentioned,