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REINERTSEN v. GEORGE W. ROGERS CONSTRUCTION CORP.

No. 67 Civ. 1996.

403 F.Supp. 1263 (1975)

Alf REINERTSEN, Plaintiff, v. GEORGE W. ROGERS CONSTRUCTION CORP., Defendant.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

December 2, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul C. Matthews, New York City, for plaintiff.

Alexander, Ash, Schwartz & Cohen, New York City, for defendant; Paul Klein, of counsel.

MEMORANDUM

FRANKEL, District Judge.

In this morbidly durable case, plaintiff sued under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688, for a crushed left thumb he sustained in an accident on August 30, 1966. A jury verdict of $75,000 was returned on March 26, 1971. District Judge Mansfield, as he then was, ordered a new trial unless plaintiff consented to a reduced award of $45,000. When plaintiff withheld consent, a new trial was ordered on damages alone. Of

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