ALDRICH, District Judge.
On August 16, 1956, in mid-Atlantic, the plaintiff, a passenger bound east on board the S.S. Nieuw Amsterdam, was caught and injured in a watertight door while trying to join his wife and daughter during an unannounced test, or drill. He brought suit in this court, and the jury having found for the defendant, moves for a new trial on the ground that the verdict was against the weight of the evidence. I am faced at the outset by a question...
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