Albert Reardon v. California Tanker Company

SWAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by defendant from a judgment for plaintiff after trial to a jury in an action brought under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff while employed as a seaman on defendant’s vessel. The question presented by the appeal is whether the court erred in excluding evidence that defendant had paid plaintiff, pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement with the seamen’s union, for maintenance and cure.

Plaintiff’s suit claimed damages of $10,000 for an injury alleged to have been caused by defendant’s…