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MAHER v. ISTHMIAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY

No. 162, Docket 24590.

253 F.2d 414 (1958)

Thomas F. MAHER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ISTHMIAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided March 11, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Miller & Seeger, Brooklyn, N. Y. (Israel G. Seeger, Brooklyn, N. Y., of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant.

Kirlin, Campbell & Keating, New York City (Louis J. Gusmano, New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellee.

Before MEDINA and MOORE, Circuit Judges, and GALSTON, District Judge.

MEDINA, Circuit Judge.

Thomas F. Maher, a merchant seaman, sued the defendant steamship company under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained in the course of his employment aboard the S.S. Steel Traveler on December 18, 1952, charging negligence and unseaworthiness of the vessel. After the jury rendered a verdict in plaintiff's favor for $3,500, he moved under Fed.Rules Civ.Proc. Rule 59(a), 28 U.S. C.A. to set aside...

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