ALBERTSON v. T.J. STEVENSON & CO., INC.

No. 83-2394.

749 F.2d 223 (1984)

Albert E. ALBERTSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. T.J. STEVENSON & COMPANY, INC. Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 26, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sanders & Sanders, Stephen D. Sanders, Waldman & Smallwood, Beaumont, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

Wells, Peyton, Beard, Greenberg, Hunt & Crawford, Mark Freeman, Bruce Partain, Beaumont, Tex., T.E. Willoughby, Jr., New York City, for defendant-appellee.

Before RANDALL, TATE and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

In this case, Albert E. Albertson challenges the district court's grant of T.J. Stevenson & Co.'s (Stevenson) motion for summary judgment. The district court concluded that Albertson's cause of action under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688 (1982), was time-barred, because Albertson knew he was injured while on board Stevenson's freighter but failed to file suit within three years after returning to shore. Id.; 45 U.S...

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