Hust v. Moore-Mccormick Lines, Inc.

This case is here for the second time. It was an action under § 33 of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920, 46 U. S. C. A., § 688, commonly known as the Jones Act, brought by a seaman to recover damages for personal injury sustained by him while engaged in the performance of his duties on a government owned vessel. In the Circuit Court the plaintiff was awarded a verdict by the jury of $35,000.00. Motions of the defendant for judgment non obstante veredicto and for a new trial, the latter on the ground of excessive damages, were denied. The defendant appealed from the judgment to this court,…