Sentilles v. Inter-Caribbean Shipping Corp.

The petitioner brought this suit against the respondent to recover damages sustained by him allegedly as a consequence of a shipboard accident while serving as a crew-member on the respondent’s vessel in the Caribbean. As the vessel encountered a heavy sea, petitioner was pitched *108into the air and fell back to the deck, where, upon landing, a wave washed him a considerable distance. Shortly after the accident, the petitioner became quite ill and was hospitalized and treated for a serious case of tuberculosis. The respondent’s liability for the accident was predicated on fault under the Jones…