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WHEELER v. LYKES BROS. STEAMSHIP COMPANY

No. 28756 Summary Calendar.

431 F.2d 570 (1970)

Lester WHEELER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LYKES BROS. STEAMSHIP COMPANY, Inc., et al., Defendants-Appellees. Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 14, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles R. Maloney, Eldon E. Fallon, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Benjamin W. Yancey, M. D. Yager, New Orleans, La., for defendants-appellees, Terriberry, Carroll, Yancey & Farrell, New Orleans, La., of counsel.

Before WISDOM, THORNBERRY and CLARK, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

The main question on appeal in this admiralty suit is whether the record supports the district court's findings of fact and judgment in favor of defendant-appellee Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. The plaintiff alleges that injuries he received while working aboard the SS MARJORIE LYKES as a stevedore foreman proximately resulted from an unseaworthy condition of the vessel, namely, the insecure lashings of the cargo. The accident occurred in the following manner...

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