SWEENEY, District Judge.
This matter is before me on exceptions filed by the claimant to a libel in admiralty. The action in rem was brought against the S. S. "New Brooklyn" to recover damages for injuries suffered by, and for the death of, a stevedore employed by a stevedoring company but working aboard the libeled vessel.
The exceptions attack the libel in two respects: First, because it does not state a cause of action which will lie under the Jones Act...
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