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SWORDS v. AMERICAN SEALANES, INC.

No. 15155.

443 F.2d 1324 (1971)

Anne R. SWORDS, as Administratrix of the Estate of Robert L. Swords, Deceased, Appellee, v. AMERICAN SEALANES, INC., Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 4, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles F. Tucker, Norfolk, Va. (J. Davis Reed, III, and Vandeventer, Black, Meredith & Martin, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellant.

C. Arthur Rutter, Jr., Norfolk, Va. (Stuart V. Carter, and Breit, Rutter, Cohen, Ermlich, & Friedman, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellee.

Before BOREMAN, BRYAN and BUTZNER, Circuit Judges.

ALBERT V. BRYAN, Circuit Judge:

Pleading unseaworthiness of the SS American Pride and her master's negligence, crewman Robert L. Swords' administratrix declared against the ship-owner, American Sealanes, Inc., for death damages under the Jones Act, 46 USC 688. Swords had drowned February 25, 1969, in the China Sea. A general verdict on the two counts went for the plaintiff in the amount of $100,000.00. The vessel's owner now asks for a new trial, and we grant it....

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