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ROBINSON v. NORTHEASTERN STEAMSHIP CORPORATION

No. 16, Docket 23502.

228 F.2d 679 (1956)

Lillian V. ROBINSON, as Administratrix of the goods, chattels and credits of Frank Wallis Robinson, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NORTHEASTERN STEAMSHIP CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided January 5, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacob Rassner, New York City, Harvey Goldstein, New York City, of counsel, for appellant.

Kirlin, Campbell & Keating, Walter X. Connor and Matthew L. Danahar, New York City, of counsel, for appellee.

Before SWAN, FRANK and LUMBARD, Circuit Judges.

SWAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an action under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, tried before Judge Clancy and a jury, wherein the complaint was dismissed at the close of the plaintiff's case for failure to prove a cause of action. The plaintiff's decedent, Frank W. Robinson, was an able bodied seaman employed by defendant as a member of the crew of its steamship, which lay at a dock in the port of Buenaventura, Colombia, South America, on the date of Robinson...

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