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HOLLAND v. SEA-LAND SERVICE, INC.

Nos. 80-1647, 80-1648.

655 F.2d 556 (1981)

Jeston HOLLAND, Appellant, v. SEA-LAND SERVICE, INC., Appellee. Jeston HOLLAND, Appellee, v. SEA-LAND SERVICE, INC., Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided July 24, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey A. Breit and John H. Klein, Norfolk, Va. (Breit, Rutter & Montagna, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellant.

H. Keith Jarvis and John R. Crumpler, Jr., Norfolk, Va. (Seawell, McCoy, Dalton, Hughes, Gore & Timms, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellee.

Before BUTZNER, PHILLIPS and MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judges.

BUTZNER, Circuit Judge:

Jeston Holland, denied a new trial, appeals from a judgment of the district court awarding him $175 for injuries he sustained in a longshoring accident. Sea-Land Services, Inc., cross appeals, claiming that the Virginia law of contributory negligence bars any recovery by Holland. We conclude that Virginia law, rather than the maritime doctrine of comparative negligence, is applicable and reverse the judgment.

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