Hicks v. United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corp.

DIETRICH, District Judge.

Acting under assignment of the Chief Justice, I presided at the trial of the above-entitled cause *317in the Southern district of New York. By a verdict rendered January 19, 1926, plaintiff was awarded damages in the sum of $25,000 for personal injuries alleged to have been suffered by reason of the defendant’s negligence while he was in its employ as a seaman. Defendant promptly made application for a new trial, mainly upon the grounds that the evidence was insufficient and that the verdict was grossly excessive. On January 25th the motion was denied, upon the condition,…