Duplanty v. Matson Navigation Co.

Finley, J

Defendant appeals from a verdict of the jury awarding the plaintiff twenty-five thousand dollars in an action brought for damages sustained as the result of personal injuries.

By its first assignment of error, appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict. From the record the jury could have found the facts to be as follows: The ship “Hawaiian Logger,” owned by appellant, • was docked at Kalui, Maui, Territory of Hawaii. Respondent was employed by appellant as an oiler, on the ship'. The harbor at Kalui is formed by a breakwater, and ships .tied to the…