DOWNIE v. UNITED STATES LINES CO.

Civ. A. No. 27626.

231 F.Supp. 192 (1964)

Thomas DOWNIE v. UNITED STATES LINES CO.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

June 23, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Freedman, Landy & Lorry, by Marvin I. Barish, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

Rawle & Henderson, by Thomas F. Mount, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant.


KRAFT, District Judge.

This action for damages under the Jones Act is before us on defendant's post-trial motions following a special verdict of a jury for the plaintiff.

The evidence was sufficient to establish the following: On November 5, 1958, plaintiff was employed as an electrician aboard the S.S. American Builder, a vessel owned and operated by the defendant, and then docked in the Port of London. Plaintiff awoke about 2 o'clock that morning with a...

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