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CHAGOIS v. LYKES BROS. STEAMSHIP COMPANY

No. 29639 Summary Calendar.

432 F.2d 388 (1970)

Joseph CHAGOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. LYKES BROS. STEAMSHIP COMPANY, Inc., Defendant-Appellant, Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 2, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terriberry, Carroll, Yancey & Farrell, New Orleans, La., Holt & Woodley, Lake Charles, La., for defendant-appellant, cross-appellee; Edmund E. Woodley, Lake Charles, La., of counsel.

Joseph E. Bass, Lake Charles, La., for plaintiff-appellee, cross-appellant.

Before WISDOM, COLEMAN, and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.

WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

In this case a longshoreman engaged to assist in loading a ship was injured while he was on the pier adjacent to the ship. The injury was allegedly caused by unseaworthy equipment owned and under the control of the stevedoring company. The district court held that the warranty of seaworthiness applied, and gave judgment for the longshoreman against the shipowner. We affirm.

The plaintiff, Joseph Chagois, is a longshoreman employed by...

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