DUHE, Circuit Judge:
I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
Plaintiff-appellee Johnny C. Colburn ("Colburn") was employed as a mate aboard the towboat M/V Terry K., owned by defendant-appellant Bunge Towing ("Bunge"). In November 1985 he injured his back when he slipped and fell on the deck of a barge being added to the TERRY K's tow. The injury occurred while he was attempting to cut a metal retaining band from a spool of steel cable by striking it with a maul...
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