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SCHULTZ v. EVELYN JEWELL, INC.

No. 71-3617.

476 F.2d 630 (1973)

Rudolph A. SCHULTZ, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. EVELYN JEWELL, INC., and Steamship Mutual Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 18, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael L. McAlpine, New Orleans, La., for defendants-appellants.

James A. Wysocki, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GEWIN, BELL and GODBOLD, Circuit Judges.

GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff filed suit claiming damages for injuries sustained in an assault by Pettis, a fellow crew member of a shrimp trawler, claiming unseaworthiness of the vessel and negligence of its owners. In a jury trial defendant's motion for a directed verdict was denied. The jury found the vessel seaworthy but the owners negligent and plaintiff 20% contributorily negligent, and awarded damages to plaintiff...

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