UNION BARGE LINE CORPORATION v. ALLEN

No. 22763.

361 F.2d 217 (1966)

UNION BARGE LINE CORPORATION and Aetna Casualty and Surety Company, Appellants, v. Walter M. ALLEN, Appellee. Walter M. ALLEN, Appellant, v. UNION BARGE LINE CORPORATION, Aetna Casualty and Surety Company, and the M/V MARINER, Appellees. DRAVO CORPORATION, Appellant, v. UNION BARGE LINE CORPORATION and Aetna Casualty and Surety Company, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearings Denied August 29, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lemle & Kelleher, George B. Matthews, New Orleans, La., for Union Barge Line Corporation and Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.

Adams & Reese, George V. Baus, New Orleans, La., for Dravo Corp.

John L. Avant, Baton Rouge, La., for Allen.

Dodd, Hirsch, Barker, Avant & Wall, Baton Rouge, La., for libelant-appellant.

Before JONES and GEWIN, Circuit Judges, and HUNTER, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

We find ourselves in agreement with the opinion and decision of the District Court reported in 239 F.Supp. at p. 1004.

The judgment is therefore affirmed.

JONES, Circuit Judge (dissenting).

The facts are set forth in the district court's findings. Allen v. Union Barge Line Corporation, 239 F.Supp. 1004. The M/V Mariner was in drydock undergoing an overhaul. Dravo Corporation was doing the work...

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