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FLOWERS v. SAVANNAH MACHINE & FOUNDRY CO.

No. 19480.

310 F.2d 135 (1962)

Ralph O. FLOWERS, Appellant, v. SAVANNAH MACHINE & FOUNDRY CO. et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearings Denied December 27, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abraham E. Freedman, Philadelphia, Pa., Kenneth H. Cail, Savannah, Ga., Freedman, Landy & Lorry, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant.

Julian C. Sipple, A. Pratt Adams, Jr., Savannah, Ga., Walter X. Connor, New York City, Lawton, O'Donnell & Sipple. Savannah, Ga., Adams, Adams & Brennan, Savannah, Ga., Edward T. Brennan, Savannah, Ga., of counsel, for appellees Esso Shipping Co. and Esso Standard Oil Co.

Before TUTTLE, Chief Judge, BROWN, Circuit Judge, and JOHNSON, District Judge.

JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.

This case presents the question as to the appropriate statutory limitation period to be applied in determining laches in an admiralty action brought by a shore worker as a vicarious seaman against a vessel or her owners to recover for maritime injuries caused by negligence or unseaworthiness or both.1 The District Court adopted the local state, Georgia, limitation...

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