Trenton Mitchell v. American Export Isbrandtsen Lines, Inc.

WATERMAN, Circuit Judge:

The plaintiff-appellant, a seaman, brought this action under the general maritime law as modified by the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688, to recover damages for an injury he allegedly sustained in a fall that he claimed occurred while he was employed as a fireman aboard the S.S. INDEPENDENCE, a vessel owned and operated by the defendant-appellee, American Export Isbrandtsen Lines, Inc.

The case was tried to a jury which returned a special verdict for the defendant that the plaintiff had not established his claim. Plaintiff’s motion to set aside the verdict was denied and…