Terrell v. Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey

KALODNER, District Judge.

This is a seaman’s action under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, to recover for damages, wages, maintenance and cure, arising out of injuries sustained by the plaintiff as a .result of the alleged negligence of the defendant, owner and operator of a vessel on which the plaintiff was a member of the crew.

The plaintiff has propounded a series of forty interrogatories to be answered by the defendant, pursuant to Rule 33, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C.A. following section 723c. The defendant has objected, in general, on the ground that the interrogatories…