VARELTZIS v. LUCKENBACH STEAMSHIP COMPANY

No. 307, Docket 24846.

258 F.2d 78 (1958)

William VARELTZIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LUCKENBACH STEAMSHIP COMPANY, Inc., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided June 27, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Kimball, New York City (Eugene Underwood, Michael J. Kenny and Burlingham, Hupper & Kennedy, New York City, on the brief), for defendant-appellant.

George J. Engelman, New York City (O. Raymond Basile, New York City, on the brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, and LUMBARD and WATERMAN, Circuit Judges.


LUMBARD, Circuit Judge.

Defendant appeals from a judgment of the District Court, Southern District of New York, David N. Edelstein, Judge, entered on the verdict of a jury, awarding the plaintiff $9,000 on each of two causes of action brought under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688 to recover for injuries sustained due to the negligence of the defendants. Plaintiff, a boat-swain on the defendant's ship, the Florence Luckenbach, alleged two accidents: the first...

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