Legal Opinion
Keen v. Overseas Tankship Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 5, 1952No. 97, Docket 22155PublishedCited by 120 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
L. HAND, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff, Keen, a seaman on board the defendant’s ship, “Meuse Argonne,” appeals from a judgment entered upon the verdict of a jury against him, in an action to recover damages for personal injuries suffered in circumstances we shall state in a moment. As he did not ask for a directed verdict, the only questions open upon the appeal are the judge’s rulings upon the admission of evidence, and his instructions to the jury. In order to understand the correctness of these it is necessary to state the facts in a little detail. Keen signed on as an A.B. and was part of…
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