Legal Opinion
Salen v. United States Lines Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 25, 1962No. 283PublishedCited by 620 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brennan
The first question to be decided in this seaman’s personal injury suit for damages on the grounds of unseaworthiness and negligence under the Jones Act1 is whether the jury should have been allowed to determine, in the absence of supporting testimony by an expert in naval architecture, a claim that the shipowner failed to equip his ship with necessary and feasible safety devices to prevent the mishap which befell the seaman.
The trial judge submitted for the jury’s determination various bases of respondent’s alleged liability, including *32the claim resting on the failure to provide certain…
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