Biondini v. Amship Corp.

Plaintiff brought this action against the several defendants for damages for personal injuries received by him when he fell from a scaffold attached to a ship. At the close of plaintiff’s case all defendants moved for a nonsuit on the grounds that the evidence failed to show that defendants breached any duty of care owed to plaintiff, and failed to show that, so far as plaintiff was concerned, any of the defendants were negligent. The motions were granted and judgment entered. Plaintiff appeals.

The rules applicable to the power of the trial court to grant a nonsuit are too well settled to…