Legal Opinion
Carumbo v. Cape Cod S. S. Co.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 3, 1941No. 3679PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAHONEY, Justice.
A civil action was brought by the plaintiff who was injured on September 14, 1940, while he was working aboard the defendant’s vessel, the S. S. Steel Pier, docked at Commercial Wharf, Boston, for the recovery of damages under Section 33 of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920, 41 Stat. 1007, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, called the Jones Act. After the presentation of the plaintiff’s evidence, the defendant moved for a directed verdict on the grounds that there was insufficient evidence of negligence, that the plaintiff was not a seaman under the Jones Act and, even if he were, his sole…
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