Ottinger v. Walling

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Barnes,

The plaintiff, on May 9,1935, while employed as a fireman on defendants’ barge, fell and was injured. Subsequently he brought suit in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County under the Act of Congress known as the Jones Act * to recover damages for the injuries sustained. At the trial which followed the court instructed the jury that if plaintiff’s injuries were caused by the defendants’ lack of care, he was entitled to recover for his necessary medical expenses, pain and suffering, and loss of past wages for such time as he was disabled, as well as for…