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DAVIS v. ISTHMIAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY

No. 12059.

241 F.2d 684 (1957)

Jeff DAVIS v. ISTHMIAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided February 15, 1957.

Rehearing Denied March 12, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. E. Byrne, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa. (Krusen, Evans & Shaw, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellant.

Philip Dorfman, Philadelphia, Pa. (Dorfman & Pechner, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellee.

Before BIGGS, Chief Judge, and McLAUGHLIN and HASTIE, Circuit Judges.

McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge.

In this Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, suit the main question before us, is whether there is medical evidence sufficient to support the jury's verdict for aggravation of plaintiff-appellee's preexisting left hip condition.

On January 7, 1953, Davis, the plaintiff-appellee, working as an oiler aboard the SS Steel Seafarer, struck his left side against the rail of the fireroom ladder....

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