LOVLESS v. EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY ASSURANCE CORPORATION

No. 13893.

218 F.2d 714 (1955)

Claudie R. LOVLESS, Appellant, v. EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY ASSURANCE CORPORATION, Limited, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 28, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond H. Kierr, New Orleans, La., for appellant.

René H. Himel, Jr., Malcolm W. Monroe, and Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, La., for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, BORAH, Circuit Judge, and DAWKINS, District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

On October 19, 1950, the Tug "Lakewyn" was operated by Jahncke Service, Inc. for delivering clam shells in the New Basin Canal at New Orleans. Claudie R. Lovless was employed by the company as deckhand on its towboat. About dusk that day he was injured when working aboard the barges which were loaded with shells and were being towed by the tug.

Lovless brought this action jointly against the vessel's owner and its liability underwriter. His damage...

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