Legal Opinion
Herring v. Luckenbach S. S. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 2, 1943No. 288PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Circuit Judge.
Charles H. Herring, a seaman, recovered a verdict in the district court against his. employer, Luckenbach Steamship Company, in the amount of $7,500 on a claim for negligence under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, and in the amount of $2,087.50 on a claim for maintenance and cure under general maritime law. The court thereafter granted defendant’s motion to set aside the verdict unless plaintiff consented to a reduction of the verdict on the first claim to. $4,000, and on the second claim to $1,000. Upon plaintiff’s acquiescence in the remittitur, the court ordered the…
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