George Satchell v. Sevenska Ostasiatiska Kompaniet

SOBELOFF, Circuit Judge:

An action, grounded in both negligence and unseaworthiness, was brought by George Satchell, a longshoreman, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by him in the course of his employment, loading tobacco, aboard the defendant’s vessel. The question framed by the parties to this appeal is whether the District Court erred in instructing the jury on the issue of unseaworthiness.

Cases of tobacco were lowered by winch, first through the weather deck and then through the upper ’tween deck, only one of whose three sections of hatch covers was removed to create an…