ELLIS v. TRAVELERS INSURANCE CO.

No. 21462.

123 So.2d 780 (1960)

Herbert S. ELLIS v. TRAVELERS INSURANCE CO. et al. (Consolidated with Stepter v. T. Smith & Son, No. 21453).

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 14, 1960.

Certiorari Granted January 9, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Zelden & Zelden, Max Zelden, New Orleans, for plaintiff and appellee.

Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, John V. Baus, New Orleans, for defendants and appellants.

Terriberry, Rault, Carroll, Martinez & Yancey, Robert G. Hughes, New Orleans, for Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc., amicus curiae.


REGAN, Judge.

Plaintiff, Herbert S. Ellis, instituted this suit against the defendants, Standard Stevedoring Company, Inc. and its workmen's compensation insurer, The Travelers Insurance Company, endeavoring to recover maximum compensation benefits for injuries sustained during the course of his employment as a longshoreman aboard a vessel docked in the Mississippi River in New Orleans on February 1, 1958.

Defendants answered, admitting the occurrence of the...

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