GEORGE v. UNITED FRUIT COMPANY

No. 203.

131 So.2d 360 (1961)

Harry GEORGE v. UNITED FRUIT COMPANY.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 30, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Max Zelden, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

Arthur B. Hammond, Jr., New Orleans, for defendant-appellee.

Before McBRIDE, YARRUT and SAMUEL, JJ.


SAMUEL, Judge.

This is a suit for workmen's compensation. Plaintiff, a 65 year old man at the time he allegedly suffered his injury, had worked as a longshoreman for more than 30 years. The basis of his claim is an accident which he says occurred on December 15 while working as a longshoreman on a New Orleans dock in the employ of the defendant.

The job was being performed by a "work gang" consisting of several men, one of whom operated a scale and another...

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