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CAILLOUET v. LYKES BROS. STEAMSHIP CO.

No. 29106 Summary Calendar.

431 F.2d 707 (1970)

Donald P. CAILLOUET, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LYKES BROS. STEAMSHIP CO., Inc., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 14, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eldon E. Fallon, New Orleans, La., for appellant.

Edward S. Bagley, New Orleans, La., Terriberry, Carroll, Yancey & Farrell, New Orleans, La., on the brief, for Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc.

Richard J. Meunier, New Orleans, La., Meunier, Martin & Meunier, New Orleans, La., on the brief, for Gibbs & Cox, Inc.

Donald L. King, New Orleans, La., for intervenor.

Before WISDOM, THORNBERRY and CLARK, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

This admiralty case arose when plaintiff-appellant fell while descending a hatch ladder of the vessel on which he was working. At the time, it was raining and plaintiff-appellant was carrying a thermos of coffee on the little finger of his left hand by the ring of the cup attached to the thermos bottle. He claimed that the fall was caused by the negligent design of the hatch ladder.

At the conclusion of plaintiff's evidence, the district court...

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