AHO v. JACOBSEN

No. 5268.

249 F.2d 309 (1957)

Walter N. AHO, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Christina JACOBSEN, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 9, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Diamond, Boston, Mass., with whom Harry Kisloff, Boston, Mass., was on the brief, for appellant.

James A. Whipple, Boston, Mass., for appellee.

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


HARTIGAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts directing a verdict for the defendant shipowner in an action brought by the plaintiff for damages for personal injuries allegedly suffered because of the defendant's negligence.

The plaintiff at the time of his injury was a crew member of the fishing vessel John G. Murley and had been a fisherman of some ten years experience. On...

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