Legal Opinion
Curbelo v. Matson Navigation Co.
California Court of Appeal
Decided July 26, 1961No. Civ. 19602PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtShoemaker, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment of dismissal entered upon the granting of defendant’s motion to that end, and from an order denying plaintiff’s motion for a new trial. Since an appeal does not lie from the order denying a new trial, this part of the appeal must be dismissed.
This action is one to recover for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff Sandalio Curbelo, a seaman, while he was employed by defendant Matson Navigation Company aboard a vessel in navigable waters. The complaint is in two counts, one for negligence under the Jones Act, the other for unseaworthiness under the general…
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