ULM v. Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.

CLARK, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff, a seaman employed on a vessel of the defendant, brought suit against the defendant claiming damages for personal injuries due to negligence and also seaman’s maintenance and cure. His claims arose from his fall down a companionway ladder from the main deck to the sleeping quarters of the crew early on Christmas morning, 1939. A jury trial resulted in a plaintiff’s verdict of $25,000 on the claim of negligence, and of $10,000, reduced to $3,000 on the court’s order and with plaintiff’s consent, on the claim for maintenance and cure; and judgment for…