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ROBINSON v. ZAPATA CORP.

No. 80-1449.

664 F.2d 45 (1981)

Larry Don ROBINSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ZAPATA CORPORATION, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 14, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Schechter & Shelton, Inc., Harold J. Eisenman, Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

Crain, Winters, Deaton, James & Briggs, Thomas B. Greene, III, Frank E. Caton, Houston, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, GOLDBERG and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Larry Don Robinson appeals from the entry of a directed verdict in favor of defendant Zapata Off-Shore Company ("Zapata") on plaintiff's Jones Act and unseaworthiness claims. Plaintiff argues that the District Court employed an incorrect standard in evaluating the evidence for a directed verdict, and that there was sufficient evidence of defendant's negligence and of the ship's unseaworthiness to justify submission of these issues...

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