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WILSON v. OIL TRANSPORT COMPANY

No. 16330.

242 F.2d 727 (1957)

Joseph G. WILSON, Appellant, v. OIL TRANSPORT COMPANY, Inc., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 3, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald V. Organ, Samuel C. Gainsburgh, Raymond H. Kierr, New Orleans, La., for appellant.

P. A. Gaudet, Brunswick G. Deutsch, Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, La., for appellee, Malcolm W. Monroe, New Orleans, La., of counsel.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and CAMERON and JONES, Circuit Judges.

HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.

Appellant Wilson brought this suit under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688 for personal injury and property damage allegedly sustained when the tug Suwannee, on which he was employed by the appellee as a cook, sank in the Intracoastal Waterway near Mile 244, West of Harvey, Louisiana, at approximately 3:00 a. m. the night of February 4, 1950. Appellant's motions for directed verdicts were overruled. The jury returned its verdict for the...

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