CIACCIO v. NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC BELT RAILROAD COMMISSION

Civ. A. No. 15477.

290 F.Supp. 197 (1968)

Peter CIACCIO, Plaintiff, v. NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC BELT RAILROAD COMMISSION and Lykes Brothers Steamship Company, Defendants.

United States District Court E. D. Louisiana, New Orleans Division.

October 3, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Cummings, III, Robert K. Tracey, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff.

Charles W. Lane, III, of Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, La., for defendant City of New Orleans through Public Belt R.R. Commission.


MEMORANDUM OF REASONS

COMISKEY, District Judge.

The plaintiff, Peter Ciaccio, instituted this civil action against the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad Commission and Lykes Brothers Steamship Company, Inc., claiming damages for personal injury sustained on September 17, 1964 on the Nashville Avenue Wharf in the City of New Orleans. Plaintiff's cause of action is predicated upon the applicability of the Federal Employers' Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. §...

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