Legal Opinion
Sojak v. Hudson Waterways Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 29, 1978No. 403, Docket 78-7373PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Per curiam
The administrator of the estate of Josef Sojak appeals from a judgment entered on a jury verdict finding the defendant Hudson Waterways Corp. not liable under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688, or the Death on the High Seas Act, 46 U.S.C. § 761 et seq., for Josef’s death. The complaint alleged both negligence and unseaworthiness, but the pretrial order indicated that the plaintiff would proceed only on a theory of negligence. During the presentation of plaintiff’s case, however, the district court, on its own motion, reinstated the claim for unseaworthiness. The jury found for the defendant on…
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