PROBST v. SOUTHERN STEVEDORING COMPANY

No. 23692.

379 F.2d 763 (1967)

Theodore A. PROBST, Appellant, v. SOUTHERN STEVEDORING COMPANY, Inc., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

June 29, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pascal F. Calogero, Jr., New Orleans, La., for appellant.

James W. Hailey, Jr., Mouton, Roy, Carmouche & Hailey, New Orleans, La., for appellee.

Before BROWN, MOORE, and BELL, Circuit Judges.


JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.

This is a simple case. Simple in outline and simple in available choices. As so much today, this is more of the Sieracki-Ryan-Yaka-Jackson1 wake. The question is briefly put: under the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C.A. § 901 et seq., is a general contractor a "third person" who may be sued by the injured employee of a subcontractor? Stated differently, does the general...

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