Domeracki v. Gulf Oil Corp.

FREEDMAN, District Judge.

This is an action in admiralty for maintenance and cure. The libelant also filed suit for damages based on the negligence of defendant and the unseaworthiness of its vessel, the S. S. Gulfiion, on which he had worked as a wiper at the time of his alleged injury. The trial of this admiralty action before the court was held simultaneously with the trial of the damage suit before the court and a jury. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant in the damage action and I subsequently denied a motion for a new trial, which was based in part on the claim that the verdict…