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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