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PUERTO SEGURO CIA. NAVIERA, S. A. v. PITSILLOS

No. 8062.

279 F.2d 599 (1960)

PUERTO SEGURO CIA. NAVIERA, S. A., Claimant-Respondent, Appellant, v. Petros PITSILLOS, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 20, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Winston, Norfolk, Va. (Seawell, McCoy, Winston & Dalton, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellant.

Sidney H. Kelsey, Norfolk, Va., for appellee.

Before SOBELOFF, Chief Judge, and SOPER and HAMLEY, Circuit Judges.

SOBELOFF, Chief Judge.

Alleging both unseaworthiness and negligence, Petros Pitsillos, a galley boy or second cook on the S/S GEORGE, who sustained personal injuries, brought this action in the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. After taking evidence, the District Judge concluded that "a cause of action based upon unseaworthiness may be sustained under the facts here presented," and awarded damages. The shipowner appealed, and Pitsillos at first...

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