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MITCHELL v. AMERICAN EXPORT ISBRANDTSEN LINES, INC.

No. 30, Docket 32552.

430 F.2d 1023 (1970)

Trenton MITCHELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AMERICAN EXPORT ISBRANDTSEN LINES, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided July 10, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abraham E. Freedman, Charles Sovel, New York City, for plaintiff-appellant.

Stephen K. Carr, M. E. DeOrchis, New York City (Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens, New York City), for defendant-appellee.

Before WATERMAN, MOORE and KAUFMAN, Circuit Judges.

WATERMAN, Circuit Judge:

The plaintiff-appellant, a seaman, brought this action under the general maritime law as modified by the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688, to recover damages for an injury he allegedly sustained in a fall that he claimed occurred while he was employed as a fireman aboard the S.S. INDEPENDENCE, a vessel owned and operated by the defendant-appellee, American Export Isbrandtsen Lines, Inc.

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