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- Title: Bryant v. Russ
- Author : United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- Release Date : January 03, 1965
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 51 KB
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J. SPENCER BELL, Circuit Judge: This case is here on appeal for the second time. On the first appeal we were concerned with the issue of liability. Finding the vessel on which Bryant was injured while working as a ship ceiler to be unseaworthy, this court set aside the judgment entered by the District Court exonerating the shipowner, Partenreederei-Ernest Russ, of liability and remanded the case ""with directions to enter judgment for the plaintiff [Bryant] in an amount to be determined by the said district court."" Bryant v. Partenreederei-Ernest Russ, 330 F.2d 185, 190 (4 Cir. 1964). On remand, following arguments by counsel based on evidence already in the record, the District Court found that $24,000 would adequately compensate Bryant for the damages he had sustained, but that Bryant's own negligence had contributed to his injuries to the extent of fifty per cent (50%). Consequently, a judgment for $12,000 and costs was entered for Bryant against Partenreederei.1