KONINKLYKE NEDERLANDSCHE, ETC. v. STRACHAN SHIPPING CO.

No. 19181.

301 F.2d 741 (1962)

KONINKLYKE NEDERLANDSCHE STOOMBOOT MAALSCHAPPY, N. V., ROYAL NETHERLANDS STEAMSHIP COMPANY, Appellant, v. STRACHAN SHIPPING CO., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

March 30, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clarence S. Eastham, Houston, Tex., William M. Kimball, Burlingham, Hupper & Kennedy, New York City, Eastham, Watson, Dale & Forney, Houston, Tex., for appellant.

Henry D. Akin, Dallas, Tex., E. D. Vickery, Houston, Tex., for appellee, Royston, Rayzor & Cook, Houston, Tex., Leachman, Gardere, Akin & Porter, Dallas, Tex., of counsel.

Before RIVES, CAMERON and GEWIN, Circuit Judges.


RIVES, Circuit Judge.

The court below dismissed Royal's third-party complaint against Strachan, and Royal appeals. Rawlinson, a longshoreman employed by Strachan, sued Royal for injuries sustained while on a Houston dock helping to load a ship owned by Royal. The accident occurred when Rawlinson was caught between a piece of pipe being loaded and the side of the ship. Since the injuries occurred while Rawlinson was on the...

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