TAYLOR v. SS HELEN LYKES

No. 25101.

402 F.2d 777 (1968)

Monroe TAYLOR, Appellant, v. The SS HELEN LYKES, her engines, tackle, furniture, etc., et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

October 31, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. S. Carl, New Orleans, La., for appellant.

Benjamin W. Yancey, Maurie D. Yager, New Orleans, La., for appellees. Terriberry, Rault, Carroll, Yancey & Farrell, New Orleans, La., of counsel.

Before COLEMAN and MORGAN, Circuit Judges, and HUNTER, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

This appeal involves an action in Admiralty brought by a longshoreman to recover damages for personal injuries sustained while he was at work aboard a merchant vessel, stowing bagged cargo. The district judge rejected the claims of the appellant in detailed findings of fact and conclusions of law and ordered dismissal of the suit. We affirm.

The district court erred, asserts appellant, in not finding the ship unseaworthy because, first, "the plan...

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