Legal Opinion
Donovan v. Penn Shipping Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 22, 1977No. 76-613PublishedCited by 212 opinions
1Per curiam
The petitioner, while employed by the respondents as a seaman on the SS Penn Sailor, slipped on wet paint, injuring his right wrist and elbow. He sued the respondents under the Jones Act, 46 U. S. C. § 688, and obtained a $90,000 verdict at his juiy trial. The respondents moved to set aside the verdict as excessive. Fed. Rules Civ. Proc. 50, 59. The District Court granted the motion, and ordered a new trial on damages unless the petitioner agreed to remit $25,000 of the $90,000 award.
After some time the petitioner submitted to the District Court a proposed order stating that he accepted…
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