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VILLERS SEAFOOD CO., INC. v. VEST

No. 86-3242.

813 F.2d 339 (1987)

In the Matter of the Complaint of VILLERS SEAFOOD CO., INC., for the exoneration from or limitation of liability as owner of the F/V VILCO III, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dale VEST, Claimant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

March 27, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Podhurst, Orseck, Parks, Josefsberg, Eaton, Meadow & Olin, PA, Joel S. Perwin, Miami, Fla., for claimant-appellant.

Fowler, White, Gillen, Boggs, Villareal & Banker, PA, Brendan P. O'Sullivan, Tampa, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before ANDERSON and CLARK, Circuit Judges, and SIMPSON, Senior Circuit Judge.

SIMPSON, Senior Circuit Judge:

Dale Vest ("Vest"), the captain of the shrimp trawler VILCO III, and his wife, filed suit in state court against the vessel and his employer, Villers Seafood Co., Inc., the owner of the VILCO III, alleging unseaworthiness of the vessel and one of its ladders and additionally alleging an action under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688, which stated that the accident was proximately caused by Viller's failure to properly install, inspect...

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