OPINION AND ORDER
WOOD, District Judge.
Defendant vessel owner seeks leave to amend its answer to plaintiff's complaint to raise the defense of limitation of liability. Plaintiff seaman instituted the present action under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688 for injuries sustained aboard a spider barge upon which he was working.
Plaintiff filed his complaint on April 22, 1969. After receiving an extension of time, defendant answered on May 27, 1969...
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