McCLENDON v. CHARENTE STEAMSHIP COMPANY

No. 21648.

348 F.2d 298 (1965)

Stevenson McCLENDON, Appellant, v. CHARENTE STEAMSHIP COMPANY, Ltd., T & J Harrison, Ltd., et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

July 12, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Will Gray, Houston, Tex., for appellant.

E. D. Vickery, Ed Bluestein, Jr., S. G. Kolius, Carl O. Bue, Jr., Houston, Tex., Fulbright, Crooker, Freeman, Bates & Jaworski, Gus A. Schill, Jr., Royston, Rayzor & Cook, Houston, Tex., of counsel, for appellees.

Before BROWN and BELL, Circuit Judges, and HUNTER, District Judge.


GRIFFIN B. BELL, Circuit Judge:

Appellant McClendon was injured in September 1959 when he slipped and fell while working as a longshoreman aboard the SS Advisor, a vessel owned and operated by appellees Charente Steamship Company Ltd., and T & J Harrison, Ltd. McClendon pursued his rights to compensation under the Longshoremen's and Harborworkers' Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C.A. § 901 et seq., against his stevedore...

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