The verdict is not against the weight of the evidence. It appears that the underlying federal action was brought by plaintiff, a seaman, against the owner of his ship to recover for personal injuries sustained in an assault by a fellow crewman. Although defendant represented plaintiff throughout the course of the pretrial proceedings in the federal action, and agreed to continue to represent plaintiff after suffering a stroke, as indicated in the transcript of the pretrial...
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