DUNIWAY, Circuit Judge:
Appellant was a fisherman employed aboard the appellees' vessel and was injured while so employed. He brought this action under the Jones Act (46 U.S.C. § 688) charging negligence. In a separate count he sought maintenance and cure. The Jones Act count was tried to a jury, which returned a verdict for appellees.
The evidence shows that the appellees' boat, which had returned from a fishing trip, was tied up alongside a dock in...
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