1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.2d
  4. 417 F.2d
  5. 417 F.2d 1040 (1969)
 

WATERMAN STEAMSHIP CORPORATION v. CASBON

No. 25690.

417 F.2d 1040 (1969)

WATERMAN STEAMSHIP CORPORATION and Waterman of Puerto Rico, USA, Inc., Appellants, v. Marcus J. CASBON, Ryan Stevedoring Company, and the Travelers Insurance Company, Appellees. Marcus J. CASBON, Ryan Stevedoring Company, and the Travelers Insurance Company, Appellants, v. WATERMAN STEAMSHIP CORPORATION and Waterman of Puerto Rico, USA, Inc., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

October 24, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George W. Healy, III, James Hanemann, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Waterman Steamship Corp. and Waterman of Puerto Rico, USA, Inc.; Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, New Orleans, La., of counsel.

Max Zelden, John R. Peters, Jr., Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, La., for Marcus J. Casbon, Ryan Stevedoring Co. and Travelers Ins. Co.; Zelden & Zelden, New Orleans, La., of counsel.

Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge, and TAYLOR, District Judge.

PER CURIAM:

The facts of this case with all of the contradictions and inconsistencies typical of a fracas, whether land-based, waterborne, or amphibious, are set forth in the District Court's opinion, Casbon v. Waterman Steamship Corporation, E.D. La., 1967, 274 F.Supp. 481. Whatever doubts there might be concerning liability based upon unseaworthiness from the pugnacious predisposition of the night mate, there was adequate basis...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases