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RODRIGUEZ v. AMERICAN EXPORT LINES, INC.

No. 339, Docket 27316.

304 F.2d 518 (1962)

Ismael RODRIGUEZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AMERICAN EXPORT LINES, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided June 19, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin H. Siff, New York City (Harry Ruderman, New York City, on the brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

M. E. De Orchis, New York City (Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens, New York City, on the brief), for defendant-appellee.

Before SMITH, KAUFMAN and MARSHALL, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

Rodriguez, a seaman in the employ of defendant on the SS Explorer as a wiper, severely cut his hand on a zinc electrolysis plate when he slipped on the wet, curved bottom of a condenser which he was engaged in cleaning by blowing its tubes with a compressed air hose while the ship was in harbor at Aden. In an action for damages for personal injury under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, the jury returned a verdict for defendant, which the Court, Archie...

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