CLARK, Chief Judge.
The United States of America appeals as respondent from a decision holding it liable for injuries sustained by the libelant, Carl Buch, while leaving the S. S. Earl A. Bloomquist, one of its vessels, on which he was employed as an ordinary seaman. The district court had found both unseaworthiness and negligence on its part in its failure to provide a safe place of egress. Buch was awarded $51,600 damages, together with an additional award of $5...
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