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GARRETT v. GUTZEIT O/Y

No. 73-1468.

491 F.2d 228 (1974)

George GARRETT, Appellant, v. Enso GUTZEIT O/Y, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided February 8, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney H. Kelsey, Norfolk, Va. (Kelsey & Kelsey, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellant.

Charles F. Tucker, Norfolk, Va. (Vandeventer, Black, Meredith & Martin, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellee.

Before CLARK, Associate Justice, BOREMAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and BUTZNER, Circuit Judge.

BOREMAN, Senior Circuit Judge:

On January 7, 1971, the SS FINNCLIPPER, a vessel owned and operated by Enso Gutzeit O/Y (shipowner), was berthed at Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad's Pier B, Newport News, Virginia, preparing to discharge a cargo of bales of pulp paper. Tidewater Stevedoring Corporation (Tidewater) had been employed by shipowner as an expert stevedore to unload the cargo.1 The plaintiff, George Garrett, a longshoreman, was...

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