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GREENE v. VANTAGE STEAMSHIP CORPORATION

Nos. 72-1035, 72-1036.

466 F.2d 159 (1972)

Mrs. Geraldine W. GREENE, Administratrix of the Estate of Robert Greene, Deceased, Appellee, v. VANTAGE STEAMSHIP CORPORATION, Appellant. VANTAGE STEAMSHIP CORPORATION, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided August 29, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carter B. S. Furr, Norfolk, Va. (Jett, Berkley, Furr & Heilig, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellant in No. 72-1035 and No. 72-1036.

Sidney H. Kelsey, Norfolk, Va. (Kelsey & Kelsey, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellee in No. 72-1035.

William D. Appler, Atty., Department of Justice (L. Patrick Gray, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Morton Hollander, Atty., Department of Justice, and Brian P. Gettings, U. S. Atty., on brief), for appellee in No. 72-1036.

Before WINTER and FIELD, Circuit Judges, and BLATT, District Judge.

WINTER, Circuit Judge:

Robert Greene, a longshoreman employed by the United States at the Naval Supply Center, Norfolk, Virginia, was fatally injured when a hatch board on the SS RACHEL V gave way, causing him to fall to the deck below. The decedent's wife, as administratrix of his estate, instituted this action against Vantage Steamship Corporation (Vantage), owner of the RACHEL V, claiming that Vantage had breached its duty to provide a seaworthy vessel. Vantage...

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