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WALKER v. LYKES BROS. S.S. CO.

No. 114, Docket 22180.

193 F.2d 772 (1952)

WALKER v. LYKES BROS. S. S. CO., Inc.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided January 10, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin B. Sterling and Herman N. Rabson, New York City, for plaintiff-appellee.

Tompkins, Boal & Tompkins and Arthur M. Boal, New York City, for defendant-appellant.

Before SWAN, Chief Judge, and L. HAND and AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judges.

L. HAND, Circuit Judge.

The defendant appeals from a judgment for the plaintiff, entered on the verdict of a jury in an action to recover damages for personal injuries suffered, while acting as master of one of the defendant's ships. The action was under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, and charged that the defendant had been negligent in allowing the plaintiff "to be struck by a steel filing cabinet, when a drawer thereof was negligently caused to open suddenly...

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