JACKSON v. LYKES BROS. STEAMSHIP CO. INC.

No. 2155.

185 So.2d 342 (1966)

Helen JACKSON v. LYKES BROS. STEAMSHIP CO., Inc.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 2, 1966.

Writ Refused June 21, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles R. Maloney, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

Terriberry, Rault, Carroll, Yancey & Farrell, William E. Wright, G. Edward Merritt, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee.

Before REGAN, YARRUT and HALL, JJ.


REGAN, Judge.

The plaintiff, Helen Jackson, filed this suit against the defendant, Lykes Bros. Steamship Company, Inc., endeavoring to recover the sum of $75,000.00 representing damages incurred by her as a result of the death of her husband from the inhalation of noxious gases, which she asserts was caused by the negligence of the defendant or the unseaworthiness of its steamship, upon which her husband was employed as a longshoreman.

The plaintiff requests...

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