Legal Opinion
John Morton v. Berman Enterprises, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 8, 1982No. 169, Docket 81-7265PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANSFIELD, Circuit Judge:
In this personal injury action brought by seaman John Morton pursuant to the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688, and general maritime law alleging negligence and unseaworthiness, defendant shipowner, Ber-man Enterprises, Inc. (“Berman”), appeals from a judgment of the Eastern District of New York by Judge Eugene H. Nickerson after a jury trial resulted in a verdict finding the vessel unseaworthy and awarding $110,600 damages and $644 maintenance and cure and from an order, 508 F.Supp. 342, denying Berman’s post-trial motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a…
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- Waldron v. Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Heriberto Oliveras v. American Export Isbrandtsen Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1970
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