MARSHALL v. OVE SKOU REDERI A/S

No. 23295.

378 F.2d 193 (1967)

John L. MARSHALL, Appellant, v. OVE SKOU REDERI A/S, and the SS BIRGITTE SKOU, her engines, hull, tackle, cargo and appurtenances thereof, Appellees, The Travelers Insurance Company, Intervenor.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

May 15, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ross Diamond, Jr., Mobile, Ala., for appellant.

Alex T. Howard, Jr., W. Boyd Reeves, Mobile, Ala., for intervenor, McCorvey, Turner, Johnstone, Adams & May, Mobile, Ala., of counsel.

Before RIVES, GEWIN and GODBOLD, Circuit Judges.


GODBOLD, Circuit Judge.

Appellant John L. Marshall, a longshoreman, filed a libel against the SS Birgitte Skou and her owner1 to recover damages for personal injuries sustained on board the vessel during loading of cargo at Mobile. The United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama found that the equipment used in the loading operation was not shown to be unseaworthy.

Marshall, an employee of a stevedoring...

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