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WALKER v. SINCLAIR REFINING COMPANY

No. 17327.

405 F.2d 885 (1969)

Bobby F. WALKER v. SINCLAIR REFINING COMPANY, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided January 21, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Alfred Smith, Krusen, Evans & Byrne, Philadelphia, Pa. (Timothy J. Mahoney, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellant.

Edwin E. Naythons, Freedman, Borowsky & Lorry, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellee.

Before SEITZ, ALDISERT and STAHL, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM.

The defendant has appealed from the District Court's denial of its motion for summary judgment in a Jones Act1 case which involved a land-based injury to a seaman. In denying summary judgment, the memorandum opinion of the District Court concluded that "the policy favoring jury consideration of situations such as the one before us militates against deciding any but the clearest of cases on a motion...

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