JAMES v. SS JALADHAN

No. 8106.

288 F.Supp. 527 (1968)

Arthur JAMES, Plaintiff, v. SS JALADHAN, her engines, tackle, apparel and furniture, and Scindia Steam Navigation Co., Ltd., Defendants.

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

July 31, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. D. Freeman, Jr., Morphy, Freeman & Batt, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff.

L. Howard McCurdy, Jr., Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, La., for defendants.


CASSIBRY, District Judge.

Plaintiff Arthur James seeks to recover from the Scindia Steam Navigation Co., Ltd., owner of the SS Jaladhan, damages for personal injuries received on April 3, 1965 while employed by B. W. Farrell, Inc., to clean tanks in the hold of the ship. Plaintiff alleged unseaworthiness of the ship as the basis of his claim. The defendant denied the unseaworthiness and claimed that the injuries were caused by the plaintiff's own negligence or the...

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