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ATKINS v. GREENVILLE SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION

No. 26550.

411 F.2d 279 (1969)

Louis L. ATKINS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GREENVILLE SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

May 12, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fountain D. Dawson, Greenville, Miss., Robert G. Hebert, Kierr & Gainsburgh, New Orleans, La., for appellant.

James L. Robertson, Fred C. DeLong, Jr., Roy D. Campbell, Jr., Greenville, Miss., for appellee.

Before THORNBERRY and DYER, Circuit Judges, and FISHER, District Judge.

DYER, Circuit Judge:

Atkins, a shore-based welder and fitter employed on Greenville Shipbuilding Corporation's floating drydock, sustained injuries when a ladder, which he was using to ascend a barge brought onto the drydock for major repairs, slipped causing his fall to the drydock's floor. Although he received compensation from Greenville under the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act,1 Atkins, claiming to be a Reed v...

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