RYAN, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff, Robert D. Cook, appeals from the judgment entered after a jury verdict in this action for negligence under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688, and for unseaworthiness. Cook brought suit after he was injured when a line that was supporting him in a bos'n's chair parted and he fell to the dock. The jury awarded Cook compensatory damages, but reduced them by 50% for Cook's comparative negligence.
Cook assigns error to three...
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