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ASPRODITES v. STANDARD FRUIT & STEAMSHIP CO.

No. 9275.

108 F.2d 728 (1940)

ASPRODITES v. STANDARD FRUIT & STEAMSHIP CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 29, 1940.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. A. Dowling, of New Orleans, La., for appellant.

Jos. M. Rault, Andrew R. Martinez, and Benjamin W. Yancey, all of New Orleans, La., for appellee.

Before FOSTER, HOLMES, and McCORD, Circuit Judges.

HOLMES, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment entered on a directed verdict for the defendant in an action for the death of plaintiff's intestate, resulting from exposure to live steam which escaped in the engine room of appellee's ship when a steam pipe pulled loose from the flange connecting it to one of the boilers, the deceased being the engineer on duty at the time of the explosion.

The action was brought under the Jones Act (46 U.S.C.A. §...

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