Libellant, chief steward in charge of gang of four subordinates shifting ship's stores from one storeroom to another on lower deck, could not recover damages for injuries sustained when iron door of storeroom swayed and hit his left hip where his negligence is not securing door was sole cause of accident. Howarth v United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corp. Doors Seaman did not assume risk of injury to his fingers from closing of door lacking proper doorstop, since assumption of risk does not apply where improper appliance is furnished to seaman during voyage. Jensen v United States War Shipping Administration (1949, DC Pa) 88 F Supp 542, 19, affd (CA3 Pa) 1.ģ67. Assaults Seaman injured while attempting to take knife from drunken sailor to protect another sailor was not guilty of contributory negligence. Contributory Negligence and Assumption of Risk Under Particular Circumstances 366. The Jones Act - Cases, Decisions and Opinions V.
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