GAITOR v. PENINSULAR & OCCIDENTAL STEAMSHIP COMPANY

No. 18328.

287 F.2d 252 (1961)

Charlie GAITOR, Appellant, v. PENINSULAR & OCCIDENTAL STEAMSHIP COMPANY, Blue Steamship Company, and Shaw Brothers Shipping Company, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 24, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur Roth, Miami, Fla., for appellant.

John R. Hoehl, Richard H. Williams Maloy, T. J. Blackwell, Robert J. Beckham, Blackwell, Walker & Gray, Scott, McCarthy, Preston, Steel & Gilleland, Miami, Fla., for appellees.

Before JONES and BROWN, Circuit Judges, and CARSWELL, District Judge.


CARSWELL, District Judge.

Appellant originally filed suit in court of general trial jurisdiction of the State of Florida against appellees, Peninsular & Occidental Steamship Company and the Blue Steamship Company. Shaw Brothers Shipping Company was later impleaded as a third defendant. The complaint alleged that the plaintiff Gaitor was a resident and citizen of Dade County, Florida, and that, while working as a longshoreman loading cargo in port, he was injured...

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