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Brown v. Amoco Shipping Company

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Oct 12, 1970
430 F.2d 1179 (4th Cir. 1970)

Opinion

No. 14206.

Argued October 5, 1970.

Decided October 12, 1970.

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.


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

Affirmed.


Summaries of

Brown v. Amoco Shipping Company

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Oct 12, 1970
430 F.2d 1179 (4th Cir. 1970)
Case details for

Brown v. Amoco Shipping Company

Case Details

Full title:Nathaniel BROWN, Appellant, v. AMOCO SHIPPING COMPANY, Appellee

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit

Date published: Oct 12, 1970

Citations

430 F.2d 1179 (4th Cir. 1970)