McQUISTON v. FREIGHTERS AND TANKERS STEAMSHIP COMPANY

No. 20695.

327 F.2d 746 (1964)

Thomas McQUISTON, Libelant-Appellant, v. FREIGHTERS AND TANKERS STEAMSHIP COMPANY, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

February 17, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur Cobb, Baton Rouge, La., for appellant.

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

Before BROWN and WISDOM, Circuit Judges, and JOHNSON, District Judge.


JOHNSON, District Judge.

This is an appeal from the action of the district court in granting the steamship company's motion for a summary judgment upon libelant-appellant's action in admiralty for personal injuries sustained while a longshoreman in the employ of Roger Shipping and Terminal Company and working aboard the respondent-appellee's vessel as a "grain loader or shoveler." The injuries complained of are alleged to have occurred as a result of the steamship...

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