Cookingham v. United States

KIRKPATRICK, Chief Judge.

This is an action in admiralty by a seaman , to recover damages for personal injuries, for maintenance and cure, and also to recover the value-of his personal effects.

The libellant, who was second cook and baker on board the Rufus W. Peckham, was going down a stairway leading to the chill box to get some food for the crew when he slipped on a substance, apparently Jello, which lay on one of the steps in a patch containing two or three tablespoonfuls, and was injured. The stairway was properly constructed and there was sufficient light."

There was no direct evidence as'…