Waldron v. Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc., 386 U.S. 724 (1967)

Waldron v. Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.


No. 233


Argued March 13, 1967
Decided May 8, 1967
386 U.S. 724

CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT

Syllabus

Petitioner, a seaman injured on respondent’s ship, who contended that vessel was unseaworthy because too few crewmen were assigned to perform a specific task in a safe and prudent manner, held entitled to present his theory of unseaworthiness to the jury. Pp. 724-729.

356 F.2d 247, reversed and remanded.