DESPER v. STARVED ROCK FERRY CO.

No. 10257.

188 F.2d 177 (1951)

DESPER v. STARVED ROCK FERRY CO.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 14, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas C. Angerstein, George W. Angerstein and Charles T. Shanner, Charles Wolff, all of Chicago, Ill., for appellant.

Joseph D. Ryan, Chicago, Ill., George L. Herbolsheimer, La Salle, Ill., Louis G. Davidson, Louis P. Miller, Chicago, Ill., for appellee.

Before KERNER, LINDLEY and SWAIM, Circuit Judges.


LINDLEY, Circuit Judge.

This is an action under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, for damages for the death of plaintiff's intestate, Thomas J. Desper, Jr., as a result of injuries sustained by him in the course of his employment by defendant. A jury found for plaintiff, assessing her damages at $25,000. From the judgment entered on the verdict, defendant appeals.

Defendant is an Illinois corporation engaged in the operation of sight-seeing motor-boats...

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