JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:
The damage claim asserted in this diversity case arises from personal injuries sustained by plaintiff Webb in a fall from the defendant oil company's storage tank. Webb appeals from the dismissal of his complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted.
In this Circuit the "high mortality rate" of dismissals on the "barebones pleadings" is a well-publicized fact. See, e. g., Banco Continental v. Curtiss...
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