FRANK, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff won a judgment below of $8,000 under a Jones Act claim for personal injuries suffered while a seaman aboard one of defendant's ships and a claim for maintenance and cure. The judgment was based on a general jury verdict. Much of the evidence was conflicting, but the following seems indubitable.
Plaintiff, 22 years old, joined the crew of defendant's ship, the Fred W. Weller, on October 4, 1946. The ship, a tanker, was then at...
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