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BRYANT v. NATIONAL TRANSPORT CORP.

No. 71-1519.

467 F.2d 139 (1972)

James H. BRYANT, Appellant, v. NATIONAL TRANSPORT CORP. and National Shipping & Trading Corp.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided July 18, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen J. Beckman, Richter, Syken, Ross & Binder, B. Nathaniel Richter, Gary C. Leedes, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant.

Victor L. Drexel, Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellee.

Before SEITZ, Chief Judge, HASTIE, Circuit Judge, and McCUNE, District Judge.

OPINION OF THE COURT

HASTIE, Circuit Judge.

Predicating jurisdiction upon diversity of citizenship, plaintiff, an employee of Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., hereinafter "Sun," brought this action against the owner and operator of SS National Defender for shipboard personal injury allegedly caused by the unseaworthiness of the vessel and by negligence in its operation. At the conclusion of the evidence, the trial judge directed a verdict for the...

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