ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:
John Mascola, an ordinary seaman aboard the Pacific Coast Transport Company's tanker SS Point Loma, sustained injuries when he slipped and fell on the vessel's boat deck during his watch at about 2:15 a. m. on November 12, 1963. He brought suit asserting his employer's liability based upon both negligence under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688, and unseaworthiness of the vessel.
The case was tried before a jury. At the close...
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