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BESS v. AGROMAR LINE

No. 74-2221.

518 F.2d 738 (1975)

Kenneth O. BESS, Appellant, v. AGROMAR LINE, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided July 7, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. D. Hopkins, Jr., North Charleston, S.C. (E. Graydon Shuford, Decatur, Ga., on brief) for appellant.

B. Allston Moore, Jr., Charleston, S.C. (Buist, Moore, Smythe & McGee, Charleston, S.C., on brief) for appellee.

Before BOREMAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and CRAVEN and RUSSELL, Circuit Judges.

BOREMAN, Senior Circuit Judge:

Appellant, Kenneth O. Bess, brought this suit in admiralty seeking to recover damages for injuries suffered by him while engaged in loading a ship, owned and operated by Agromar Line, appellee. The complaint predicated the claim of liability upon the doctrine of seaworthiness and principles of negligence. The district court granted Agromar Line's motion to strike all references to the doctrine of seaworthiness from the complaint pursuant...

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