Francisco Rodriguez v. The Texas Company

This is an appeal from a judgment of $1,750 entered in a personal injury action brought for negligence under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, and unseaworthiness. On August 24, 1955 the plaintiff Rodriguez, while performing his duties as a wiper on defendant’s tanker, the SS “North Dakota,” slipped on some oil which was present on a platform in the engine room, fell and injured his elbow. The defendant’s motion for a directed verdict was denied; the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff of $2,000, and after verdict, upon the motion to set aside, the plaintiff accepted a reduction to…