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    The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court's general verdict in favor of Amoco Shipping Company in a case where Seaman Brown alleged the ship was unseaworthy and he was not contributorily at fault. The appellate court considered Brown's arguments regarding unseaworthiness, contributory fault, and demonstrative evidence but ultimately concluded the district court's judgment should be affirmed.

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    Filed: 1970-10-12 Precedential Status: Precedential Citations: 430 F.2d 1179 Docket: 14206

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    The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court's general verdict in favor of Amoco Shipping Company in a case where Seaman Brown alleged the ship was unseaworthy and he was not contributorily at fault. The appellate court considered Brown's arguments regarding unseaworthiness, contributory fault, and demonstrative evidence but ultimately concluded the district court's judgment should be affirmed.

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    430 F.

    2d 1179

    Nathaniel BROWN, Appellant,


    v.
    AMOCO SHIPPING COMPANY, Appellee.
    No. 14206.

    United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.


    Argued October 5, 1970.
    Decided October 12, 1970.

    Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of
    Virginia, at Norfolk; John A. MacKenzie, Judge.
    Stuart V. Carter, Norfolk, Va. (C. Arthur Rutter, Jr., and Breit, Rutter,
    Cohen, Ermlich & Friedman, Norfolk, Va., on the brief), for appellant.
    Joseph A. Gawrys, Norfolk, Va. (Vandeveter, Black, Meredith & Martin,
    Norfolk, Va., on the brief), for appellee.
    Before WINTER, CRAVEN and BUTZNER, Circuit Judges.
    PER CURIAM:

    Under instructions concededly "accurate * * * as far as they go", the jury


    returned a general verdict in favor of Amoco Shipping Company. We have
    carefully considered Seaman Brown's other points of error failure of the
    district judge to rule as a matter of law that the ship was unseaworthy, and to
    exonerate Brown of contributory fault, and the reception of demonstrative
    evidence, and conclude that the judgment below should be

    Affirmed.

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