LOPOCZYK v. CHESTER A. POLING, INC.


60 F.Supp. 839 (1945)

LOPOCZYK v. CHESTER A. POLING, Inc.

District Court, S. D. New York.

January 29, 1945.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Purdy & Lamb, of New York City (Edmund F. Lamb and Thomas J. Irving, both of New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff.

Alexander & Ash, of New York City (Joseph M. Meehan and Sidney A. Schwartz, both of New York City, of counsel), for defendant.


KENNEDY, District Judge.

This is a motion to set aside a verdict in the amount of $7500. The action was based upon the Jones Act, 41 Stat. 1007, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688.

The motion to set aside is based upon two grounds: (1) That the verdict was excessive and (2) that it was error to receive in evidence an entry from the log of the vessel describing the accident. These grounds will be dealt with in the same order as they are here stated.

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