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JORDAN v. UNITED STATES LINES, INC.

No. 83-1859.

738 F.2d 48 (1984)

Robert R. JORDAN, Jr., Plaintiff, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES LINES, INC., Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 5, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph G. Abromovitz, Boston, Mass., for plaintiff, appellant.

Frank H. Handy, Jr., Boston, Mass., with whom Richard B. Kydd, and Kneeland, Kydd & Handy, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for defendant, appellee.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, BREYER, Circuit Judge, and PETTINE, Senior District Judge.

BREYER, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, Robert Jordan, while working on defendant's ship, unbolted and opened a metal plate on the side of a boiler pump. Steam and hot water escaped, scalding him. He sued, charging Jones Act negligence, 46 U.S.C. § 688, and general maritime law "unseaworthiness." The jury found for the defendant on both counts.

Jordan claims here that he would not have been hurt if an automatic valve between the ship's boiler and pump had closed...

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