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SHEPHARD v. S/S NOPAL PROGRESS

No. 73-2031.

497 F.2d 963 (1974)

Willie Lee SHEPHARD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. S/S NOPAL PROGRESS et al., Defendants-Third Party Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. T. SMITH AND SON, INC., Third Party Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied October 7, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter F. Gemeinhardt, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

John A. Bolles, Benjamin W. Yancey, New Orleans, La., for A/S Sobral and Nopal.

Maurice C. Hebert, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Smith & Son.

Before WISDOM, AINSWORTH and GODBOLD, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied October 7, 1974.

AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:

This suit involves a claim for damages of a longshoreman against a ship and its owner, for personal injuries sustained while unloading the vessel. Appellant, Willie Lee Shephard, a longshoreman employed by T. Smith & Son, Inc., was injured on July 14, 1968 while unloading cargo from the M/S NOPAL PROGRESS, owned and operated by A/S Sobral at the port of New Orleans. He filed...

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