Texas Menhaden Co. v. Malveaux

DAVIS, Justice.

Appellee sued appellant under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, seeking to recover money benefits for injuries and damages sustained as the result of an accidental injury on August 1, 1959, while he was a seaman aboard a fishing vessel owned by the appellant. Appellee alleged that the injuries and damages sustained by him were the result of negligence on the part of the appellant in failing to furnish a sufficient number of crew members to drag in the fishing nets, and/or the rough seas, and/or unseaworthiness of the vessel involved.

Trial was to a jury. The jury answered the…