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RODRIQUEZ v. UNITED FRUIT COMPANY

Civ. A. Nos. 4691, 4692, 4730, 4757; No. 8488.

236 F.Supp. 680 (1964)

Leoncio RODRIQUEZ, Plaintiff, v. UNITED FRUIT COMPANY, Defendant. Enrique ALVAREZ, Plaintiff, v. UNITED FRUIT COMPANY, Defendant. Dewey FANNING, Plaintiff, v. UNITED FRUIT COMPANY, Defendant. Earl L. BROWN, Plaintiff, v. UNITED FRUIT COMPANY, Defendant. Fred McPHERSON, Libelant, v. BARGE GERARD, etc., in rem, and American Bridge Division United States Steel Corporation, in personam, Respondents.

United States District Court E. D. Virginia, Norfolk Division.

December 29, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amato, Babalas, Breit, Cohen, Rutter & Friedman, C. Arthur Rutter, Jr. and Gerald Rubinger, Norfolk, Va., for plaintiffs and libelant.

Seawell, McCoy, Winston & Dalton and Charles R. Dalton, Jr., Norfolk, Va., for United Fruit Co.

Vandeventer, Black, Meredith & Martin and Walter B. Martin, Jr., Norfolk, Va., for Barge Gerard and American Bridge Division, etc.

WALTER E. HOFFMAN, Chief Judge.

Each of the defendants in the foregoing civil actions is a corporation incorporated and having its principal office in a district other than that of the Eastern District of Virginia. The same is true as to the in personam respondent in the admiralty action. The barge GERARD has not been arrested in the admiralty action.

The respective claimants seek relief under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688. The libelant in the...

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