Scola v. Boat Frances R‪.‬

ALDRICH, Senior Circuit Judge. This is an appeal by the Boat Frances R., Inc. from a judgment in favor of plaintiff seaman following a jury verdict. In a prior state court proceeding, which plaintiff terms a ""friendly suit,"" more accurately, perhaps, an unfriendly suit, defendant obtained a consent judgment against itself in a miniscule amount. The sole issue on this appeal is whether that judgment is binding under the full faith and credit clause of the Constitution, Art. IV, § 1, or stands no better than a seaman's voidable release, Garrett v. Moore-McCormack Co., 1942, 317 U.S. 239, 87 L. Ed. 239, 63 S. Ct. 246.