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HERNANDEZ v. TRAWLER MISS VERTIE MAE, INC.

No. 98-1976.

187 F.3d 432 (1999)

Cruz O. HERNANDEZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TRAWLER MISS VERTIE MAE, INCORPORATED, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided August 6, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Jesse Marden Suit, III, Rutter, Walsh, Mills & Rutter, L.L.P., Norfolk, Virginia, for Appellant. John Early Holloway, Hunton & Williams, Norfolk, Virginia, for Appellee.

Before WILKINS, NIEMEYER, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge NIEMEYER wrote the opinion, in which Judge WILKINS and Judge HAMILTON joined.

OPINION

NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:

Cruz Hernandez, a captain of a scallop trawler, sustained injury while at sea when he hit his head on the pilot house doorway while responding to an apparent problem with a winch on the back deck. He sued the shipowner for negligence under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.app. § 688(a), and for unseaworthiness...

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