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BUTLER v. O/Y FINNLINES, LTD.

No. 75-1819.

537 F.2d 1205 (1976)

Lawrence BUTLER, Appellant, v. O/Y FINNLINES, LTD., and Enso-Gutzeit O/Y, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 2, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Rabinowitz, Norfolk, Va. (Franklin A. Swartz, Rabinowitz, Rafal & Swartz, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellant.

Charles F. Tucker, Norfolk, Va. (John B. King, Jr., Vandeventer, Black, Meredith & Martin, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellees.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and CRAVEN and BUTZNER, Circuit Judges.

CRAVEN, Circuit Judge:

Lawrence Butler, a longshoreman, was injured aboard the defendant's vessel SS FINNSAILOR on June 10, 1974. Butler brought suit against the shipowner,1 alleging that defendant's negligence2 was responsible for his injuries. The shipowner moved at trial for a directed verdict, which the district court granted. We reverse and remand for trial by jury.

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