NEAL v. SAGA SHIPPING CO., S. A.

No. 24908.

407 F.2d 481 (1969)

Mrs. Mae Frances NEAL, Individually and the minors, James Neal, Jr., et al., etc., Appellants, v. SAGA SHIPPING CO., S. A., et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 21, 1969.

Certiorari Denied June 23, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur J. Mandell, Houston, Tex., for appellants.

Theodore Goller, E. D. Vickery, Houston, Tex., for appellees.

Before COLEMAN and GODBOLD, Circuit Judges, and RUBIN, District Judge.


Certiorari Denied June 23, 1969. See 89 S.Ct. 2143.

RUBIN, District Judge:

This action for death of a longshoreman caused by unseaworthiness of the vessel aboard which he was loading cargo was tried to the court without a jury. The experienced trial judge rendered judgment for the widow and children of the decedent. He computed the damages at $107,173.94, found the decedent to have been contributorily negligent to the extent of 50%, and therefore reduced the...

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