Anderson v. Matson Navigation Co.

Plaintiff, a seaman employed by the defendant, brought this action under section 33 of the Merchant Marine Act (U. S. Code, tit. 46, sec. 688), to recover damages for personal injuries suffered in the course of his employment. The jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff in the sum of $9,000 and from the judgment entered upon the verdict defendant appeals.

The injuries were sustained on December 28, 1929, while plaintiff was working on the ’tween-deck located two decks below the main deck in hold number four on the S. S. “Ventura. ’ ’ He had been assigned to cleaning up and after filling…