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430 F.2d 1179

Docket No. 14206.

Brown v. Amoco Shipping Co.

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Argued Oct. 5, 1970. Decided Oct. 12, 1970.

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 1970-10-12

Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently October 1970

3 federal appellate ·

2 counsel of record

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Opinion by Per Curiam · Decided 1970-10-12

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Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Norfolk; John A. MacKenzie, Judge.

Stuart V. Carter, Norfolk, Va. (C. Arthur Rutter, Jr., and Breit, Rutter, Cohen, Ermlich & Friedman, Norfolk, Va., on the brief), for appellant.

Joseph A. Gawrys, Norfolk, Va. (Vandeveter, Black, Meredith & Martin, Norfolk, Va., on the brief), for appellee.

Before WINTER, CRAVEN and BUTZNER, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

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Under instructions concededly 'accurate … as far as they go', the jury returned a general verdict in favor of Amoco Shipping Company. We have carefully considered Seaman Brown's other points of error-- failure of the district judge to rule as a matter of law that the ship was unseaworthy, and to exonerate Brown of contributory fault, and the reception of demonstrative evidence, and conclude that the judgment below should be

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Affirmed.

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