MARQUEZ v. AMERICAN EXPORT LINES

No. 110, Docket 30990.

384 F.2d 920 (1967)

Juan F. MARQUEZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AMERICAN EXPORT LINES, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided November 8, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacob Rassner, New York City (Schiffman & Kassin, New York City, of counsel), for appellant.

M. E. DeOrchis, New York City (Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens, Stephen K. Carr, New York City, of counsel), for appellee.

Before WATERMAN, MOORE and HAYS, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Plaintiff, a seaman, was injured while aboard defendant's vessel, the S.S. Export Bay. The cause of the injury was a fall, allegedly occasioned by an encumbered condition of a catwalk built over cargo. From a judgment entered upon a jury verdict in favor of defendant, plaintiff appeals.

Appellant urges that reversible error was committed on the trial by the admission in evidence of appellant's drunkenness on prior occasions and of his drinking...

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