Legal Opinion
Eloy Pedro Garcia v. Murphy Pacific Marine Salvaging Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 9, 1973No. 72-3516PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DYER, Circuit Judge.
Garcia, a crew member of the M/V Cable, sued the owner, Murphy Pacific, for personal injury damages under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, and under the Doctrine of Seaworthiness of the general maritime law. The jury returned a verdict for Murphy Pacific. The district court denied Garcia’s motion for new trial and judgment N.O.V. We affirm.
For about a week Garcia had been assisting Fuquay, another crew member, in splicing cable, an ordinary function aboard the vessel while it was in port. The splicing was accomplished by cleaning the ends of the cable with diesel oil and…
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