BURRAGE v. FLOTA MERCANTE GRANCOLOMBIANA, S. A.

No. 28077.

431 F.2d 1229 (1970)

Frank BURRAGE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. FLOTA MERCANTE GRANCOLOMBIANA, S.A., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 28, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin W. Yancey, Walter Carroll, Jr., New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellant; Terriberry, Carroll, Yancey & Farrell, New Orleans, La., of counsel.

Stuart A. McClendon, Metairie, La., George W. Reese, Reese & Abadie, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellee.

A. R. Christovich, Jr., New Orleans, La., for New Orleans Stevedoring Co., third party defendant-appellee; Christovich & Kearney, New Orleans, La., of counsel.

Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, AINSWORTH and GODBOLD, Circuit Judges.


JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:

With almost ironic coincidence this, as the earlier one of Gutierrez,1 is a beanworthy case. Burrage, a Sieracki — Ryan — Yaka pseudo seaman, was injured on a New Orleans wharf while working as a longshoreman in the employ of Stevedore2 during the discharge of Shipowner's SS Ciudad de Nieva when he slipped on a coffee bean that had come from the ship's...

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