RIVERS v. ANGF. A/B TIRFING

No. 71-1976 Summary Calendar.

450 F.2d 12 (1971)

John L. RIVERS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ANGF. A/B TIRFING, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 25, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Orseck, Howard Hill Bennett, Spence, Payne & Masington, J. B. Spence, Miami, Fla., for plaintiff-appellant.

Adams, George & Wood, David L. Willing, Miami, Fla., for defendant-appellee.

Before BELL, AINSWORTH and GODBOLD, Circuit Judges.


AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge.

John L. Rivers' filed a complaint against Angf. A/B Tirfing, a Swedish corporation, for damages resulting from personal injuries which occurred on June 14, 1968, when a one-ton roll of newsprint struck complainant while he was working aboard the M/V SILVERLAND, owned and operated by Tirfing. The vessel was being unloaded in the Port of Miami, Florida, by Canadian Gulf Line of Florida, Inc., third-party defendant below. Rivers was a member...

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