King v. Deutsche Dampfs-Ges

TIMBERS, Circuit Judge:

On this appeal from a judgment entered January 22, 1975 after a three day jury trial in the Southern District of New York, Constance Baker Motley, District Judge, awarding plaintiff marine carpenter $42,900 damages against the shipowner for injuries sustained while working aboard ship and awarding the *1044shipowner full indemnification against both the stevedore and plaintiff’s employer, the essential issues are:(1) Whether the court erred in failing to dismiss the complaint for lack of sufficient evidence on the issue of unseaworthiness.(2) Whether the court erred in…