JULIAN v. MITSUI O. S. K. LINES, LTD.

No. 72-2259.

479 F.2d 432 (1973)

Preston JULIAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MITSUI O. S. K. LINES, LTD., In Personam, and M/V MEIJYUSAN, In Rem, Defendant-Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant, v. STRACHAN SHIPPING COMPANY, Third-Party Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied July 9, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph D. Cheavens, Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

Theodore Goller, Houston, Tex., for Strachan Shipping Co.

Ned Johnson, Beaumont, Tex., for Julian.

Before BELL and THORNBERRY, Circuit Judges, and GROOMS, District Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied July 9, 1973.

BELL, Circuit Judge:

This case arises out of the familiar Sieracki-Ryan1 longshoreman-shipowner-stevedore admiralty dispute. The injured longshoreman sued the shipowner alleging both unseaworthiness of the ship and negligence of its officers, agents and crew. The district court found the ship unseaworthy, but reduced the longshoreman's damages by 95 per cent as a result...

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