COMPTON v. LUCKENBACH OVERSEAS CORPORATION

No. 620, Docket 34155.

425 F.2d 1130 (1970)

Roy L. COMPTON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LUCKENBACH OVERSEAS CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided May 1, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter L. Hopkins, New York City (Wilson & Walker, William A. Wilson, Clare E. Walker, New York City, on the brief), for defendant-appellant.

Ned R. Phillips, New York City, Abraham E. Freedman, New York City, on the brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before MOORE and FEINBERG, Circuit Judges, and BONSAL, District Judge.


FEINBERG, Circuit Judge.

Defendant Luckenbach Overseas Corporation appeals from a judgment against it in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in the amount of $40,000 in favor of plaintiff Roy L. Compton for injuries allegedly suffered while doing his job as a seaman on defendant's vessel. Luckenbach claims that the trial judge, Walter R. Mansfield, J., erred in denying its motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and for...

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