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HALL v. MOVEABLE OFFSHORE, INC.

No. 71-2914 Summary Calendar.

455 F.2d 633 (1972)

Earl HALL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MOVEABLE OFFSHORE, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 13, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry F. Maddin, Corpus Christi, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

John H. Benckenstein, Beaumont, Tex., for defendant-appellee.

Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, and INGRAHAM and RONEY, Circuit Judges.

JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:

The central question in this appeal sounds more like a riddle—Who was in control of a scaffold without feet? The jury had the answer, but the Trial Court thought otherwise. The jury was right—or more accurately, theirs was the exclusive province to determine the issue after sifting through contested facts—and accordingly we reverse the Trial Court's judgment n. o. v. which dismissed Plaintiff's case.

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