SAUNDERS v. POOL SHIPPING CO.

No. 15932.

235 F.2d 729 (1956)

George C. SAUNDERS, Appellant, v. POOL SHIPPING CO., Ltd., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

June 28, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur Roth and Gerard Ehrich, Rassner, Miller & Roth, Miami, Fla., for appellant, Jacob Rassner, New York City, on the brief.

Dwight Sullivan, Miami, Fla., for appellee, Scott, McCarthy, Preston, Steel & Gilleland, Miami, Fla., Kirlin Campbell & Keating, New York City, of counsel.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and RIVES and BROWN, Circuit Judges.


JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.

Saunders, a longshoreman, claimed severe brain damage from an occurrence of October 16, 1950, when a section of wood pipe sheathing, covering some pipelines in the hold of the S. S. Cedarpool, suddenly broke away hitting him on the head. Contending that the award was woefully inadequate, he now appeals from the judgment in his favor on the jury verdict for $5,000 damages.

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