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PRICE v. SS YARACUY

No. 23107.

378 F.2d 156 (1967)

Robert PRICE, Appellant, v. SS YARACUY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 20, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Garland R. Rolling, Metairie, La., for appellant.

Leon Sarpy, J. Dwight LeBlanc, Jr., Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Burke, Toler & Hopkins, New Orleans, La., for appellee.

A. R. Christovich, Jr., Christovich & Kearney, New Orleans, La., for J. P. Florio & Co., impleaded respondent, appellee.

Before WISDOM and GODBOLD, Circuit Judges, and McRAE, District Judge.

GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Price, a longshoreman, filed a libel against the S/S Yaracuy1 for personal injuries sustained while working in the hold of the ship. He alleged the ship was unseaworthy because provided with defective winches and improper personnel and that his injuries were caused by negligence of the employees of the vessel.2 The District Court held the sole proximate cause of the accident...

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