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GAITHER v. HUNTER MARINE TRANSPORT INC.

No. 92-2284.

990 F.2d 442 (1993)

John W. GAITHER, Appellant, v. HUNTER MARINE TRANSPORT, INC., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided April 14, 1993.

Rehearing Denied May 18, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Gaither, pro se.

Robert Nienhuis, St. Louis, MO, for appellee.

Before BOWMAN, MAGILL, and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

John W. Gaither was injured while working as a deckhand on the M/V Sarah G. Hunter on the Cumberland River. He filed suit under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688, alleging that Hunter Marine Transport, Inc. (Hunter) negligently failed to provide a safe place to work and that Hunter failed to provide a "seaworthy" vessel. Gaither sought compensatory and punitive damages. Hunter raised the affirmative defense of contributory negligence. The jury, by special...

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