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SESSIONS v. FRITZ KOPKE, INC.

No. 72-1467.

479 F.2d 1041 (1973)

Troy M. SESSIONS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. FRITZ KOPKE, INC., et al., Defendants-Third Party Plaintiffs-Appellees and Cross Appellants, v. COOPER STEVEDORING COMPANY, INC., Third Party Defendant-Appellant and Cross Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing August 6, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank G. Harmon, Joseph Cheavens, Houston, Tex., for Cooper Stevedoring Co.

Dixie Smith, Houston, Tex., for Kopke.

Warner F. Brock, Houston, Tex., for Sessions.

Before MORGAN, CLARK and INGRAHAM, Circuit Judges.

INGRAHAM, Circuit Judge:

The SS KARINA, a vessel owned and operated by Fritz Kopke, Inc., and under charter to the Alcoa Steamship Company, was loaded with palletized crated cargo by the employees of Cooper Stevedoring Company at Mobile, Alabama. The KARINA departed Mobile and arrived at Houston on or about July 2, 1969, where employees of Mid-Gulf Stevedores, Inc., prepared to load sacked cargo.

Troy Sessions, a longshoreman employed by Mid-Gulf, was one...

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