U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1970

Nathaniel Brown v. Amoco Shipping Company

Nathaniel Brown v. Amoco Shipping Company
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · Decided October 12, 1970 · Winter, Craven, Butzner
430 F.2d 1179; 1970 U.S. App. LEXIS 6969 (Federal Reporter, Second Series)

Nathaniel Brown v. Amoco Shipping Company

Opinion

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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