Yaeger v. Olympic Marine Co.

PAUL J. SIMON, Presiding Judge.

Robert Yaeger (plaintiff) appeals from a judgment entered on a unanimous jury verdict in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis in favor of Olympic Marine Company and B.N.B. Towing Service, Inc. (defendants) on plaintiffs claim for personal injury under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. section 688, and the general maritime law of the United States.

On appeal, plaintiff contends that the trial court erred in (1) denying his motion for new trial because the jury verdict was patently against the manifest weight of the evidence adduced at trial; (2) admitting evidence of…