AMERICAN COMMERCIAL LINES, INC. v. EUSAY

No. 25332.

395 F.2d 717 (1968)

AMERICAN COMMERCIAL LINES, INC., et al., Appellants, v. Ennis EUSAY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

May 23, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Davidson, Jr., James E. Diaz, Timothy J. McNamara, Lafayette, La., for appellants.

Seth Lewis, Jr., Lewis & Lewis, Opelousas, La., for appellee.

Davidson, Meaux, Onebane & Donohoe, Lafayette, La., for defendants-appellants, American Commercial Lines, Inc. and Liberty Mut. Ins. Co.

Before BELL, AINSWORTH and GODBOLD, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

In this suit in Admiralty appellee Eusay, a railroad bridgetender, sustained physical injuries when barges being pushed by defendant's towboat struck the bridge and threw appellee into a column and cross brace of the bridge, causing serious injury to his back. The trial court awarded $73,151.34 damages.

The district judge found that the collision between the tow and the railroad bridge pier was caused solely through the negligence of the captain...

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