Fuentes v. Gulf Coast Dredging Co.

BRYAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an action at law by appellant to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by him while he was employed as oiler and helper on a dredge. It was brought under section 33 of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920, 46 USCA § 688, which confers on seamen the right to maintain such an action, against the owner of the dredge on the ground of negligence in allowing the floor of the engineroom to be covered with oil and grease, and in permitting the gears of certain machinery to remain exposed. It was alleged that appellant slipped on the oiled floor and caught his hand in…