Carl Blount v. Jugoslavenska Linijska Plovidba

OPINION OF THE COURT

SEITZ, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff, longshoreman, appeals from a judgment for defendant, shipowner, on his claim for personal injuries allegedly caused by defendant’s negligence while he was discharging cargo from defendant’s vessel on December 4, 1972. The judgment was based on the jury’s answer to a special interrogatory finding no negligence that was the proximate cause of plaintiff’s injuries.

Because of its pervasive importance, we turn immediately to plaintiff’s contention that the district court committed reversible error by granting each party a fourth peremptory…