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SEVILLE v. UNITED STATES

No. 11565.

163 F.2d 296 (1947)

SEVILLE v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

August 18, 1947.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dee B. Tanner, of Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant.

James M. Carter, U. S. Atty., and Ronald Walker and Robert E. Wright, Asst. U. S. Attys., all of Los Angeles, Cal. (Lasher B. Gallagher, of Los Angeles, Cal., of counsel), for appellee.

Before DENMAN, STEPHENS, and ORR, Circuit Judges.

DENMAN, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, an able seaman, appeals from a decree in admiralty (a) denying him recovery under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, for a claimed negligent injury to his hand and wrist in a fall on a dock in San Francisco during the loading of his vessel, the S. S. "Sea Blenny," caused by the swinging against him of a sling load, raised by the vessel's electric winch; and (b) denying him maintenance because he failed to establish his claim that...

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