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EMALDIO v. POCAHONTAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY

No. 10010.

355 F.2d 55 (1966)

Juan EMALDIO, Appellee, v. POCAHONTAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided January 3, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. M. Hughes, III, and Richard I. Gulick, Norfolk, Va. (Seawell, McCoy, Winston & Dalton, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellant.

C. Arthur Rutter, Jr., Norfolk, Va. (Amato, Babalas, Breit, Cohen, Rutter & Friedman, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellee.

Before SOBELOFF and BOREMAN, Circuit Judges, and MICHIE, District Judge.

SOBELOFF, Circuit Judge:

This is a shipowner's appeal in a Jones Act case from a judgment in the sum of $22,500 awarded against it in favor of an injured merchant seaman. The appeal was taken from the District Court's denial of the defendant's motion to set aside the jury verdict as not supported by the evidence and as excessive.

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Juan Emaldio was employed by the defendant as a coal passer aboard the SS OAKEY S. ALEXANDER from sometime in 1961 until...

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