HUDDLESTON v. CRAIN BROTHERS, INC.

Civ. A. No. 15115.

183 F.Supp. 874 (1960)

Elmer HUDDLESTON, Plaintiff, v. CRAIN BROTHERS, INC., a corporation, Defendant.

United States District Court W. D. Pennsylvania.

May 23, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward O. Spotts, Leonard E. Price, Pittsburgh, Pa., for plaintiff.

Robert E. Wayman, Dickie, McCamey, Chilcote & Robinson, Ira R. Hill, Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay, Pittsburgh, Pa., for defendant.


GOURLEY, Chief Judge.

This is a retrial of a personal injury action based upon the Jones Act in which the jury rendered a verdict in favor of the seaman in the amount of $62,800, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688.

At the first trial the jury awarded the seaman, $9,800 confined solely to medical expenses and loss of wages, necessitating the granting of a new trial for the reason that the jury failed to consider and evaluate the charge of the court as to the right of the...

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