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Jacob Rassner, New York City (Schiffman & Kassin, New York City, of
counsel), for appellant.
M. E. DeOrchis, New York City (Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens,
Stephen K. Carr, New York City, of counsel), for appellee.
Before WATERMAN, MOORE and HAYS, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
Plaintiff, a seaman, was injured while aboard defendant's vessel, the S.S.
Export Bay. The cause of the injury was a fall, allegedly occasioned by an
encumbered condition of a catwalk built over cargo. From a judgment entered
upon a jury verdict in favor of defendant, plaintiff appeals.
Appellant urges that reversible error was committed on the trial by the
admission in evidence of appellant's drunkenness on prior occasions and of his
drinking before the accident. For a second point, appellant contends that the
court failed adequately to instruct the jury as to what would constitute liability.
Judgment affirmed.
Notes:
1
Mitchell v. Trawler Racer, Inc., 362 U.S. 539, 550, 80 S.Ct. 926, 4 L.Ed.2d 941
(1960); Pinto v. States Marine Corp. of Delaware, 296 F.2d 1, 4 (2d Cir. 1961);
Blier v. United States Lines Co., 286 F.2d 920, 924 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 368
U.S. 836, 82 S.Ct. 32, 7 L.Ed. 2d 37 (1961)