ROYAL NETHERLANDS STEAMSHIP CO. v. STRACHAN SHIPPING CO.

No. 21622.

362 F.2d 691 (1966)

ROYAL NETHERLANDS STEAMSHIP COMPANY, Appellant, v. STRACHAN SHIPPING COMPANY et al., Appellees, STRACHAN SHIPPING COMPANY, Appellant. v. ROYAL NETHERLANDS STEAMSHIP COMPANY, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 5, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Forney, Jr., Houston, Tex., William M. Kimball, New York City, Burlingham, Underwood, Barron, Wright & White, New York City, Eastham, Watson, Dale & Forney, Houston, Tex., for appellants.

E. D. Vickery, Jr., Carl Bue, Houston, Tex., Royston, Rayzor & Cook, Gus A. Schill, Jr., Houston, Tex., of counsel, for appellees.

Before JONES and THORNBERRY, Circuit Judges, and SLOAN, District Judge.


JONES, Circuit Judge.

B. A. Rawlinson, a longshoreman employed by the appellee, Strachan Shipping Company, was injured while participating in the loading of a vessel of the appellant, Royal Netherlands Steamship Company, at a dock in Houston, Texas. He was crushed between a load of pipe, which was being raised from the dock, and the vessel. Strachan's insurance carrier settled with Rawlinson on his Texas workmen's compensation claim. He then sued Royal Netherlands...

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