Jennings v. American President Lines, Ltd.

This was a suit for personal injuries tinder the Jones Act [Merchant Marine Act, sec. 33; 41 Stats. 1007, chap. 250; 46 U.S.C.A., sec. 688] against the plaintiff’s employer. The defendant employer appeals from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff employee which was entered following the jury verdict for plaintiff.

The injury of which plaintiff complained occurred on the high seas, while the plaintiff was employed by the defendant as a scullion. The plaintiff and George Gonzales, one of his co-helpers, both weighing under 140 pounds, were carrying a keg of cleaning powder weighing 125 pounds…