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JOHNSON v. A/S IVARANS REDERI

No. 79-1118.

613 F.2d 334 (1980)

Roger JOHNSON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. A/S IVARANS REDERI, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 11, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Dempsey, Boston, Mass., with whom Glynn & Dempsey, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for appellant.

Hiller B. Zobel, Boston, Mass., with whom Nathan Greenberg, and Brown, Rudnick, Freed & Gesmer, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for appellee.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, KUNZIG, Judge, U.S. Court of Claims and BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellee, Roger Johnson, a longshoreman employed by the New Bedford Stevedoring Company, was severely injured when he stepped into the open No. 3 tween deck hatch of the general cargo ship M/V SALVADOR and fell thirty feet into the hold of the vessel. Following a three day trial, the jury found that Johnson's injuries were caused by the sole negligence of the defendant-appellant shipowner, A/S Ivarans Rederi. Final judgment was entered...

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