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CHAVIS v. FINNLINES LTD., O/Y

No. 77-1126.

576 F.2d 1072 (1978)

Augustus CHAVIS, Appellant, v. FINNLINES LTD., O/Y, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided May 22, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Arthur Rutter, Jr., Norfolk, Va. (John H. Klein, Breit, Rutter & Montagna, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellant.

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

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, RUSSELL, Circuit Judge, and HOFFMAN, Senior District Judge.

WALTER E. HOFFMAN, Senior District Judge.

Appellant, a longshoreman, brought suit against appellee, a shipowner, under the diversity statute, 28 U.S.C., section 1332. More specifically, plaintiff sought damages for injuries he received on February 17, 1975, during the course of his employment in loading cargo aboard the vessel FINNSAILOR at Newport News, Virginia. He alleged negligence on the part of the shipowner under the provisions of the Longshoremen's and Harbor...

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