Lukmanis v. United States

The appellant, a seaman who sustained injuries while employed on the appellee’s vessel, appeals from a decree awarding him $6,190, plus costs. The stated amount was made up of the following three items: general damages, $4,000; loss of wages, $1,380; maintenance, $810. The appeal challenges the inadequacy of the $4,000 item only. As to this counsel makes the amazing claim that it should be increased to $135,777.50. 1 The accident, which was found to have resulted from appellee’s negligence, occurred on July 8, 1947, and caused the appellant to sustain fractures of the skull and of two or…