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DUNLAP v. G. & C. TOWING, INC.

No. 78-1571.

613 F.2d 493 (1980)

Jewell Francis DUNLAP, Appellee, v. G. & C. TOWING, INC., a corporation, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided January 11, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond G. Musgrave, Point Pleasant, W.Va. (Thomas W. Pettit, Vinson, Meek, Rife, Musgrave & Peoples, Huntington, W.Va., on brief), and Stephen W. Graffam (Grogan, Graffam, McGinley & Solomon, Pittsburgh, Pa., on brief), for appellant.

Don C. Kingery, Point Pleasant, W.Va. (C. Dallas Kayser, Kingery & Nibert, Point Pleasant, W.Va., on brief), for appellee.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, BRYAN, Senior Circuit Judge and MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge.

MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge:

Appellant, G. & C. Towing, Inc., operated the motor vessel, Duncan Bruce commercially on the Kanawha River. Appellee, Jewell Francis Dunlap, who had served as an engineer responsible for the engine room on the Duncan Bruce, brought an action under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688, and under the general maritime law, to recover damages as a result of incapacity occasioned by a left inguinal hernia which he suffered while...

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