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BORRAS v. SEA-LAND SERVICE, INC.

No. 77-1211.

586 F.2d 881 (1978)

Juan Antonio BORRAS, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. SEA-LAND SERVICE, INC., Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 20, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Steinman, New York City, with whom Harry A. Ezratty, San Juan, P. R., was on brief, for plaintiff, appellant.

Jose Antonio Fuste, San Juan, P. R., with whom Jimenez & Fuste, San Juan, P. R., was on brief, for defendant, appellee.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL and BOWNES, Circuit Judges.

LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.

Juan Antonio Borras appeals from the entry of judgment n. o. v. in favor of Sea-Land Service, Inc. after a jury had awarded Borras $300,000 against Sea-Land on his negligence claim brought under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688. Borras also challenges dismissal of his unseaworthiness claim, and asks us to disapprove the district court's alternative holding that Sea-Land "has stated a good and sufficient grounds for a new trial...

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