WILCOX v. MOORE-McCORMACK LINES, INC.

No. 403, Docket 30693.

375 F.2d 744 (1967)

Paul Z. WILCOX, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MOORE-McCORMACK LINES, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided April 11, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Fuller, New York City (S. Eldridge Sampliner, Cleveland, Ohio, on the brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

William M. Kimball, Burlingham, Underwood, Barron, Wright & White, New York City, for defendant-appellee.

Before LUMBARD, Chief Judge, and SMITH and FEINBERG, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Plaintiff, who fell and injured his back while descending a stairway leading from the galley to the reefer spaces of defendant's S.S. Robin Mowbray, appeals from the verdict of a jury in the Southern District of New York that the ship was not unseaworthy by reason of a small piece of meat on which plaintiff allegedly slipped. We find no error, and affirm the judgment.

Plaintiff asserts that the trial court gave no instructions "on the issue of...

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