Smith v. Jackson County Fisheries, Inc.

BRADY, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Jackson County against Jackson County Fisheries, Inc. The appellant had sued the appellee and other defendants for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained while working on a boat named the “R. L. Haynie, Jr.” Appellant’s suit was based upon the Jones Act and the alleged unseaworthiness of the vessel, together with a failure to provide a reasonably safe place in which to work and other grounds of negligence. Under proper instructions, concerning which there is no complaint, the jury returned a verdict in favor of…