VILLANEUVA v. CALIFORNIA TANKER COMPANY

Civ. A. No. 120-57.

187 F.Supp. 591 (1960)

Enrique VILLANEUVA, Plaintiff, v. CALIFORNIA TANKER COMPANY, Defendant.

United States District Court D. New Jersey.

October 13, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Baker, Garber & Chazen, by Milton Garber, Hoboken, N. J., for plaintiff.

Carpenter, Bennett & Morrissey, by Richard H. Hughes, Jersey City, for defendant.


WORTENDYKE, District Judge.

In this action under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, the plaintiff seaman sued the defendant employer-shipowner for damages for personal injuries alleged to have been suffered in consequence of negligence imputable to the defendant. Evidence was presented upon the trial from which the jury was entitled to infer that on August 11, 1955 plaintiff was a member of the crew of defendant's vessel, Kettle Creek. He was classified as a wiper...

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