Joseph Lorensen v. Sinclair Refining Company

On this appeal in an action under the Jones Act, the evidence of record was adequate to show an injury to plaintiff’s foot from slipping on oil on a ladder in the engine room of defendant’s tanker while at sea; it also showed suffering from burns incurred in the medical treatment had as a consequence of the injury. While the resulting verdict was substantia] in its allowance for pain and suffering, the trial court did not find it excessive and there is no ground for us to interfere. The judge did not err in admitting in evidence the hospital records containing a history of treatment and…