SOBELOFF, Chief Judge.
The principal question raised on this appeal is whether a ship and her owner may limit liability to a seaman under the General Maritime Law by stipulating in the contract of employment the maximum monetary recovery for scheduled personal injuries. A subsidiary question is whether, aside from such a contractual limitation, the present libellant's recovery is excessive.
On September 29, 1960, Luis Blanco, an able-bodied seaman of Spanish...
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