Corbett v. Columbia Transp. Co.

KNIGHT, District Judge.

Plaintiff sues in this court to recover $40,000 damages for personal injuries. He alleges that, on or about July 1, 1944, while he was employed by defendant on its merchant steam vessel “W. C. Richardson” as an oiler and member of the crew and while in discharging his duties he was descending the engine room steps, he was caused to fall and suffer the alleged injuries because of defendant’s negligence in “the maintenance and operation of said vessel in an unsafe and unseaworthy manner with unsafe and unseaworthy equipment.”

With its answer containing a general denial,…