VASSALLO v. NEDERL-AMERIK STOOMV MAATS HOLLAND

No. A-8006.

344 S.W.2d 421 (1961)

Connie VASSALLO et al., Petitioners, v. NEDERL-AMERIK STOOMV MAATS HOLLAND et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied April 5, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mandell & Wright, Houston, Markwell, Stubbs, Decker & Dalehite, Galveston, for Connie Vassallo and others.

Fulbright, Crooker, Freeman, Bates & Jaworski, S. G. Kolius and Owen W. Cecil, of above firm, Houston, for Nederl-Amerik Stoomv Maats Holland and others.

Royston, Rayzor & Cook, E. D. Vickery, of above firm, Houston, for third-party defendant, Texports Stevedore Co., Inc.


SMITH, Justice.

This suit was brought by Connie Vassallo seeking damages under the maritime law for herself and in behalf of her two minor children. The plaintiff's petition charged that the injuries resulting in death to her husband, Roland Vassallo, were proximately caused and contributed to be caused by the negligence of the defendants, or the unseaworthiness of the S S Eemdyk; that the injuries were sustained by the husband and father, Roland Vassallo, while he...

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