Frederick Joseph Manchack v. S/s Overseas Progress

Manchack, a seaman, who claimed he suffered personal injuries when he fell down a ladder on the S/S Overseas Progress, appeals from a judgment entered on a jury verdict finding that the defendant owner was not negligent and that the vessel was not unseaworthy. We affirm.

Manchack invites us to reverse the judgment as being clearly erroneous. This, of course, is not the proper standard to be applied in attacking a jury verdict. Where, as here, there is an evidentiary basis for the jury’s verdict, this Court’s function is exhausted, and Manchack is not free to relitigate the factual dispute.…