DOUCETTE v. VINCENT

No. 4586.

194 F.2d 834 (1952)

DOUCETTE v. VINCENT et al.

United States Court of Appeals First Circuit.

Decided February 5, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arnold Parker, Somerville, Mass. (Harry Kisloff, Boston, Mass., with him on the brief), for appellant.

Joseph F. Dolan, Boston, Mass., for appellees.

Before MAGRUDER, Chief Judge, and WOODBURY and HARTIGAN, Circuit Judges.


WOODBURY, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff-appellant, William Doucette, alleging himself to be a fisherman and formerly a member of the crew of the R. W. Griffin, Jr., a fishing vessel owned by the defendants-appellees, brought this action on the law side of the court below to recover for personal injuries received when he was working at an electric winch on board the vessel on August 13, 1948, while she was tied up at a wharf in New Bedford, Massachusetts, discharging...

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