Ahlgren v. Red Star Towing & Transp. Co., Inc

FRANK, Circuit Judge.

1. Defendant’s negligence

Defendant asserts the absence of proof o'f its negligence, and argues that the sole legal cause of plaintiff’3 injury consisted of his own action in putting his foot on or outside the bow rail. 1 But there was evidence from which the jury could reasonably find the following: Plaintiff, acting under the order's of the Ocean King, was attempting to complete the tying up of the Kohl and the No. 55, when the accident occurred; in throwing the line to the No. 55, plaintiff braced his left foot on or against the inside of the bow rail; all the vessels…