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BYRD v. REEDEREI

No. 78-3064.

638 F.2d 1300 (1981)

Willie Mae BYRD, As Administratrix of the Estate of Lawrence Byrd, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross Appellee, v. Heinrich Schmidt REEDEREI, Defendant-Appellee-Cross Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit B.

March 12, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel D. Eaton, Walter H. Beckham, Jr., Miami, Fla., Roger Vaughan, Wagner, Cunningham, Vaughan & Genders, Tampa, Fla., for plaintiff-appellant, cross-appellee.

Fowler, White, Gillen, Boggs, Villareal & Banker, Nathaniel G. W. Pieper, Dewey R. Villareal Jr., Tampa, Fla., for defendant-appellee, cross-appellant.

Before KRAVITCH and FRANK M. JOHNSON, Jr., Circuit Judges and ALLGOOD, District Judge.

KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:

This action under the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act1 arises from the death of Lawrence Byrd, a longshoreman killed while loading freight aboard a ship owned by appellee, Heinrich Schmidt Reederei. The jury found Reederei negligent and assessed total damages of appellant Willie Mae Byrd, Byrd's widow and the administratrix of his estate, at $125,000. The jury also found Byrd 50% at fault. The...

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