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WHEATLEY v. GLADDEN

No. 80-1409.

660 F.2d 1024 (1981)

James G. WHEATLEY, Appellant, v. Elbert GLADDEN, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 9, 1981.

Rehearing Denied November 20, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph F. Lentz, Jr., Baltimore, Md., for appellant.

Robert L. Ferguson, Jr. (Thomas J. Schetelich, Allen, Thieblot & Alexander, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellee.

Before BRYAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and PHILLIPS and SPROUSE, Circuit Judges.

SPROUSE, Circuit Judge:

James G. Wheatley, the plaintiff below, appeals the district court's judgment entered in favor of the defendant, Elbert Gladden, on claims arising from a leg injury Wheatley received while working on an oyster boat, the Ida May. Gladden owned the Ida May, but Kermit Travers was in charge of the daily operation; the trial court directed a verdict against Wheatley on his Jones Act claim and on his "maintenance and cure" claim, holding...

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