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MITCHELL v. REARDON SMITH LINE, LTD.

Record No. 850609.

372 S.E.2d 395 (1988)

Anthony Maxwell Webb MITCHELL v. REARDON SMITH LINE, LTD., et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 23, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin J. Radin (Ermlich & Radin, P.C., Norfolk, on briefs), for appellant.

Charles F. Tucker (Mark T. Coberly; Vandeventer, Black, Meredith & Martin, Norfolk, on brief), for appellee Reardon Smith Line, Ltd.

No briefs or arguments for appellees South African Marine Corp., Ltd., Egan Marine Contracting Co., Inc. and Indus. Sales Co.

Present: All the Justices.

WHITING, Justice.

In this appeal of a maritime personal injury case, we determine the sufficiency of the evidence to create jury issues (1) whether the owners of a large ship should have tested welded turnbuckles before using them to secure cargo containers to the deck, and (2) whether the captain of the ship should have altered its course to minimize the effect of wind and waves upon it in order to avoid injury to the...

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