McQUISTON v. FREIGHTERS AND TANKERS STEAMSHIP CO.

No. 637.

217 F.Supp. 701 (1963)

Thomas McQUISTON v. FREIGHTERS AND TANKERS STEAMSHIP COMPANY.

United States District Court E. D. Louisiana, Baton Rouge Division.

May 21, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur Cobb, Cobb & Brewer, Baton Rouge, La., for libelant.

Leon Sarpy, Paul A. Nalty, Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Burke, Toler & Hopkins, New Orleans, La., for respondent.


WEST, District Judge.

This is a libel against Freighters and Tankers Steamship Company, the owner and operator of the vessel NORTH MONARCH, brought by libelant, Thomas McQuiston, a longshoreman. Libelant injured his back while working in the employ of Rogers Shipping and Terminal Co. as a longshoreman, in the process of loading grain, aboard the NORTH MONARCH. It is the contention of libelant that his injuries were caused by failure of respondent to furnish a seaworthy...

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