LINDHEIMER v. UNITED FRUIT COMPANY

No. 20, Docket 32468.

418 F.2d 606 (1969)

Walter LINDHEIMER, Plaintiff-Appellant. v. UNITED FRUIT COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided November 20, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Sovel, New York City (Abraham E. Freedman, New York City, on the brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

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

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


J. JOSEPH SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff appeals from judgment on a jury verdict for the defendant before Judge MacMahon in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The action was brought by the plaintiff, a seaman, to recover damages for personal injuries brought under the general maritime law, and the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688. We find no error and affirm the judgment.

The plaintiff was an engine utility on a ship owned...

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