Johnson v. United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corp.

This action was brought to recover for personal injuries sustained- by the plaintiff in error, who said he was an invitee — seeking employment as a ship’s carpenter — on one of the defendant in error’s boats, and was injured while walking on a gangplank, which he claimed was not firmly in place. The jury found against him on the issue of negligence.

The plaintiff in error assigns error for the charge of the court, which instructed the jury that, if the plaintiff in error was guilty of contributory negligence, he could not recover. The plaintiff in error now argues that this was a maritime…