LAKE v. STANDARD FRUIT & STEAMSHIP CO.

No. 63, Docket 21743.

185 F.2d 354 (1950)

LAKE v. STANDARD FRUIT & STEAMSHIP CO.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided November 29, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Klonsky, of New York City (Harry Eisenberg, of New York City, on the brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

Geo. Whitefield Betts, Jr., of New York City (Hunt, Hill & Betts and George S. Bernhard, all of New York City, on the brief), for defendant-appellee.

Before AUGUSTUS N. HAND, CHASE, and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


CLARK, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment dismissing a complaint containing two claims for relief: one for negligence under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, and the other for maintenance and cure. The action was tried to a jury; but after all the evidence had been presented, the court granted the defendant's motion to dismiss the complaint, holding that no negligence had been shown and that adequate maintenance and cure had been supplied. This...

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