ANTOINE v. LAKE CHARLES STEVEDORES, INC.

No. 23400.

376 F.2d 443 (1967)

Louis ANTOINE, Appellant, v. LAKE CHARLES STEVEDORES, INC., Lykes Brothers Steamship Company, Inc. and the Travelers Insurance Company, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

April 13, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Smith, Lake Charles, La., for appellant.

Meredith T. Holt, Lake Charles, La., William E. Wright, New Orleans, La., for appellees. Terriberry, Rault, Carroll, Yancey & Farrell, New Orleans, La., Cavanaugh, Brame, Holt & Woodley, Lake Charles, La., of counsel.

Before GEWIN and GOLDBERG, Circuit Judges, and SPEARS, District Judge.


SPEARS, District Judge:

Appellant, employed by Lake Charles Stevedores, was one of a gang of longshoremen loading rice on board a vessel belonging to Lykes Brothers Steamship Company. Spotlights located up above the hold on each side of the winchmen were being used, because it was at night. No flagman was on duty. There were twelve men working in the hold and they were divided into two crews of six men each. One crew was unloading and stacking the rice on the onshore...

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