MACH v. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY

Civ. A. No. 18248.

207 F.Supp. 233 (1962)

Nickolaus MACH, Plaintiff, v. The PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY, a corporation, Defendant.

United States District Court W. D. Pennsylvania.

July 16, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Glasso, Pittsburgh, Pa., for plaintiff.

Aloysius Mahler, Hubert I. Teitelbaum and Morris, Safier & Teitelbaum, Pittsburgh, Pa., for defendant.


GOURLEY, Chief Judge.

In this personal injury action based upon the Jones Act, the jury rendered a verdict in favor of the seaman in the amount of $48,000, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688.

The sole issue before the Court relates to defendant's motion for judgment N. O.V. and/or new trial based upon the following contentions:

"1. There is no evidence to support jury's finding that the plaintiff was a seaman. "2. Negligence does not exist in the record...

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