Jackson v. Pittsburgh S. S. Co.

The appellant sued in the court below to recover damages for injuries received while a member of the crew of the S.S. General Orlando M. Poe, owned by the appellee, while the vessel was in harbor at Toledo, Ohio, and tied to the dock. His first cause of action set forth a right of recovery for negligence under the so-called Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688. His second cause of action was for cure and maintenance. The complaint was dismissed on the ground that it failed to state a justiciable claim against the defendant in either cause of action.

The complaint alleged that on June 2, 1940, while a…