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POTTS v. UNITED STATES

No. 82-5764.

723 F.2d 20 (1983)

John POTTS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided December 19, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James G. Apple (Lead), Stites, McElwain & Fowler, John A. Bartlett, argued, Larry B. Franklin, Franklin & King, Louisville, Ky., for plaintiff-appellant.

Ronald E. Meredith, U.S. Atty., Louisville, Ky., Michael T. Spalding, David T. Gray, Thomas L. Jones (Lead), argued, Senior Admiralty Counsel, Michael Kimmel, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellee.

Before KENNEDY and MERRITT, Circuit Judges, and PRATT, District Judge.

PER CURIAM.

John Potts appeals a summary judgment for the United States on his claim for damages for injuries sustained while a corpsman in the United States Navy. We affirm the decision of the District Court.

Potts was injured when a cable used for hoisting a naval landing craft onto the USNS Chauvenet snapped and struck him. Potts was at the time a medical corpsman in the U.S. Navy stationed aboard the Chauvenet, an oceanographic research vessel contracted...

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