FERNANDEZ v. UNITED FRUIT CO.

No. 68, Docket 22444.

200 F.2d 414 (1952)

FERNANDEZ v. UNITED FRUIT CO.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided December 1, 1952.

Rehearing Denied December 22, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry Fogler, New York City, for Felipe Fernandez, plaintiff-appellant.

Burlingham, Veeder, Clark & Hupper, New York City, Benjamin E. Haller, Paul L. Murphy and Eugene Underwood, New York City, of counsel, for United Fruit Co., defendant-appellee.

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


PER CURIAM.

This appeal is singularly lacking in merit and appellant's brief surely should not have been cluttered up with unfounded charges against the appellee's counsel. The only question before this court meriting any discussion is whether the jury should have been allowed to deal with the plaintiff's claim for recovery on the basis of alleged unseaworthiness. The plaintiff argues that this should have been done because liability for unseaworthiness had been asserted...

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