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McCOWN v. HUMBLE OIL & REFINING COMPANY

Civ. A. No. 1030.

293 F.Supp. 444 (1967)

Melvin McCOWN, Plaintiff, v. HUMBLE OIL & REFINING COMPANY, Defendant.

United States District Court E. D. Virginia, Newport News Division.

December 8, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Ellenson, Alvin B. Fox, Ellenson & Fox, Newport News, Va., for plaintiff.

William McL. Ferguson, Newport News, Va., John W. Winston, Seawell, McCoy, Winston & Dalton, Norfolk, Va., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM

MacKENZIE, District Judge.

The doctrine of "unseaworthiness" of a vessel as establishing liability on a shipowner in favor of a crew member is now too well settled to need comment, except that in the application of such doctrine to non-members of the crew, a restatement of the basic concept can be of value. In Mahnich v. Southern S. S. Co.,1 a standard was evolved and is expressed in an oft-quoted paragraph 321 U.S...

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