SANGUINETTI v. MOORE DRY DOCK CO.

Docket No. S.F. 18232.

36 Cal.2d 812 (1951)

228 P.2d 557

LOUIS L. SANGUINETTI, Respondent, v. MOORE DRY DOCK COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

March 13, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Williamson & Wallace, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, Wallace, Garrison, Norton & Ray and Moses Lasky for Appellant.

Dion R. Holm, City Attorney, Edmond P. Bergerot and George E. Baglin, Deputy City Attorneys, Jennings & Belcher, and Betts, Ely & Loomis, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Appellant.

Hoberg & Finger, Henry G. Sanford and John H. Finger for Respondent.


SCHAUER, J.

Defendant appeals from a judgment rendered against it in plaintiff's action, brought under the Jones Act (46 U.S.C.A. § 688)1, to recover for injuries suffered by him while employed as the operator of defendant's tugboat, the "Moore No. 2." We conclude that by reason of the misconduct of counsel in moving in the presence of the jury, at the close of plaintiff's evidence, to amend the complaint by increasing the amount...

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