Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit January 30, 1986, 83-1718, 83-1719 (Nelson M. Gosnell v. Sea-Land Service, Inc., and Reynolds Leasing Corp., Nelson M. Gosnell v. Sea-Land Service, Inc., and Reynolds Leasing Corp.)

CHAPMAN, Circuit Judge:

Nelson M. Gosnell, a seaman, brought this action under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688 (1982), and under general maritime law to recover damages for injuries he received when he fell forty feet down an unlighted escape hatch aboard the S.S. SEATTLE. Defendants Sea-Land Service, Inc.