BECKER v. WATERMAN S. S. CORPORATION

No. 130, Docket 21518.

179 F.2d 713 (1950)

BECKER v. WATERMAN S. S. CORPORATION.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided January 27, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gay & Behrens, New York City, for appellant. Edward J. Behrens, New York City, of counsel.

George J. Engleman, New York City, for appellee.

Before L. HAND, Chief Judge, and SWAN and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


SWAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an action brought under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, by the chief officer of the S. S. Warrior against her owner to recover damages for injuries he sustained when he entered the port deep tank in No. 3 hold to supervise its cleaning. The jury returned a verdict of $30,000 in his favor. From the resulting judgment the defendant has appealed, assigning error in denying motions to dismiss and to direct a verdict in its favor as...

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