GOURLEY, Chief Judge.
This is a retrial of a personal injury action based upon the Jones Act in which the jury rendered a verdict in favor of the seaman in the amount of $62,800, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688.
At the first trial the jury awarded the seaman, $9,800 confined solely to medical expenses and loss of wages, necessitating the granting of a new trial for the reason that the jury failed to consider and evaluate the charge of the court as to the right of the...
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