HAUGHTON v. BLACKSHIPS, INC.

No. 71-3001.

462 F.2d 788 (1972)

William O. HAUGHTON, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee, v. BLACKSHIPS, INC., Defendant Appellee-Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 23, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Yancey White, Corpus Christi, Tex., for appellant.

J. Michael Mahaffey, R. W. Woolsey, Corpus Christi, Tex., for appellee.

Before GODBOLD and MORGAN, Circuit Judges, and BUE, District Judge.


CARL O. BUE, Jr., District Judge:

William O. Haughton, a boatswain aboard the S/S GULF PANTHER, sustained injuries when he slipped on the snow covered deck on the port side of the vessel while it was moored in the Port of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on February 17, 1967. He had just completed loading and stowing two new coils of mooring line with two other seamen and was making his way aft through the uncleared snow when...

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