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LOPEZ v. ALCOA STEAMSHIP COMPANY, INC.

No. 5555

275 F.2d 460 (1960)

Julio Mont LOPEZ, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. ALCOA STEAMSHIP COMPANY, Inc., Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals First Circuit.

March 10, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley L. Feldstein, San Juan, P. R., with whom Jerome Golenbock, San Juan, P. R., was on brief, for appellant.

Ruben Rodriguez-Antongiorgi, San Juan, P. R., with whom J. Ward O'Neill, William P. Kain, Jr., New York City, Fiddler, Gonzalez, Guillemard & Rodriguez, San Juan, P. R., and Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens, New York City, were on brief, for appellee.

Before WOODBURY, Chief Judge, and HARTIGAN and ALDRICH, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

The plaintiff-appellant, a veteran stevedore, was injured while at work in the hold of one of the defendant-appellee's vessels unloading steel beams. He brought suit to recover for his injuries alleging negligence under the Jones Act and unseaworthiness under the general maritime law. At the trial before the court below sitting without a jury the only issue was whether the plaintiff's injuries were caused by the improper stowage of the beams, that is to...

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