VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from an order and judgment dismissing the complaint following the grant of defendant's motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. Plaintiff, a longshoreman, recovered the verdict for injuries received while discharging cargo from the tween deck of hatch No. 6 of defendant's ship, the m/v Jalajyoti, in Brooklyn, New York.
The cargo, consisting of tea and rugs, had been loaded in Calcutta, India by independent...
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