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COMPANIA ANONIMA VENEZOLANO DE NAVEGACION v. MATTHEWS

No. 22220.

371 F.2d 971 (1967)

COMPANIA ANONIMA VENEZOLANO de NAVEGACION, Appellant, v. William H. MATTHEWS et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 2, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon Sarpy, Paul A. Nalty, New Orleans, La., for respondent-appellant, Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Burke, Toler & Hopkins, New Orleans, La., of counsel.

A. R. Christovich, Lillian M. Cohen, New Orleans, La., for respondent, Christovich & Kearney, New Orleans, La., of counsel.

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

HUNTER, District Judge.

Matthews, a longshoreman, filed a libel in personam to recover damages for personal injuries. The defendant shipowner impleaded J. P. Florio and Company, Inc. for whom Matthews was working at the time of his injury. The trial judge's decision was for the plaintiff (longshoreman), against the shipowner, and in favor of the impleaded stevedore. The shipowner only appeals, assigning as error the district judge's findings that the vessel was unseaworthy...

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