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ROSS v. STEAMSHIP ZEELAND

No. 7314.

240 F.2d 820 (1957)

Milton M. ROSS, Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. STEAMSHIP ZEELAND, her engines, etc. and NV Koninklijke Rotterdamsche Lloyd, her owners, of Rotterdam, Holland, Appellees and Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided January 7, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney H. Kelsey, Norfolk, Va., for appellant and cross-appellee.

Thomas M. Johnston, Norfolk, Va. (Harry E. McCoy, and Seawell, Johnston, McCoy & Winston, Norfolk, Va., on brief) for appellees and cross-appellants.

Before SOPER and SOBELOFF, Circuit Judges, and THOMSEN, District Judge.

THOMSEN, District Judge.

Libellant was injured when he tripped over some wire or cable piled on the 'tween deck in a hold of the SS Zeeland, on which he was serving as a night watchman. The district judge found that the pile of wire rendered the vessel unseaworthy, that libellant's own negligence contributed to the injury to the extent of 60%, and that libellant, if free of contributory negligence, would have been entitled to an award of $1,000; mitigating the damages...

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