Judgment affirmed.
JUSTICE LORENZ delivered the opinion of the court:
Defendant, Material Service Corporation, appeals from a judgment for plaintiff William Ruffiner in this action under the Jones Act (see 46 U.S.C. sec. 688 (1976)) and general maritime law. The jury awarded plaintiff $1,250,000 as compensation for injuries sustained when he fell from a ladder aboard defendant's vessel, the Irving Crown. Defendant contends that the verdict was based on incompetent...
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