WISDOM, Circuit Judge:
This is still another case under the Jones Act turning on an oil field worker's status as a seaman on a marine drilling barge. The twist in this case is the appellant's contention that the district judge's charge to the jury amounted to directing a verdict for the plaintiff. We hold that that charge was not in the nature of a directed verdict. We consider, however, that the state of the law applicable to maritime oil workers has developed to...
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