BUZYNSKI v. LUCKENBACH S.S. CO.

No. 534.

277 U.S. 226 (1928)

BUZYNSKI v. LUCKENBACH STEAMSHIP COMPANY, INCORPORATED, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 14, 1928.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. W.E. Price, with whom Mr. James W. Wayman was on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. J. Newton Rayzor, with whom Mr. Mart H. Royston was on the brief, for respondents.


MR. JUSTICE SANFORD delivered the opinion of the Court.

The petitioner, Karl Buzynski, brought a libel in personam in admiralty in the federal District Court for Southern Texas against the Luckenbach Steamship Co., the owner of the Steamship Edgar F. Luckenbach, and the Texas Contracting Co., to recover damages for personal injuries suffered by him while working as a stevedore for the Contracting Co., an independent contractor engaged in loading cargo...

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