ALLRED v. MAERSK LINE, LTD.

No. 93-2029.

35 F.3d 139 (1994)

Martin ALLRED, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MAERSK LINE, LIMITED, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided September 13, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: John Morgan Ryan, Vandeventer, Black, Meredith & Martin, Norfolk, VA, for appellant. Melvin J. Radin, Norfolk, VA, for appellee. ON BRIEF: R. John Barrett, Thomas J. Duff, Vandeventer, Black, Meredith & Martin, Norfolk, VA, for appellant.

Before HAMILTON and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges, and KNAPP, Senior United States District Judge for the Southern District of West Virginia, sitting by designation.


Reversed in part and remanded by published opinion. Judge MICHAEL wrote the opinion, in which Judge HAMILTON and Senior Judge KNAPP joined.

OPINION

MICHAEL, Circuit Judge:

Maersk Line, Limited appeals a personal injury judgment entered in favor of its employee, Martin Allred. After a one-day trial the jury found that Maersk was negligent under the Jones Act (46 U.S.C. app. § 688) and that Maersk's vessel was unseaworthy. The jury awarded Allred...

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