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LAWRENCE v. NORFOLK DREDGING COMPANY

No. 8914.

319 F.2d 805 (1963)

Sylvester LAWRENCE, Appellee, v. NORFOLK DREDGING COMPANY, a Virginia corporation, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided July 16, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis N. Crenshaw and Guilford D. Ware, Norfolk, Va. (Baird, Crenshaw & Ware, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellant.

Wilfred R. Lorry, Philadelphia, Pa. (Sidney H. Kelsey, Norfolk, Va., Abraham E. Freedman, Charles Sovel, and Freedman, Landy & Lorry, Philadelphia, Pa., on brief), for appellee.

Before BOREMAN and J. SPENCER BELL, Circuit Judges, and PREYER, District Judge.

BOREMAN, Circuit Judge.

This case was instituted by Sylvester Lawrence, plaintiff, under the provisions of the Jones Act (46 U.S.C. § 688)1 to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by him in an accident. The jury rendered its verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $100,000 and judgment thereon was entered after the motion of defendant, Norfolk Dredging Company, Inc., to set aside the verdict or to grant a new...

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