McCAWLEY v. OZEANOSUN COMPANIA, MARITIME, S.A.

No. 73-3406.

505 F.2d 26 (1974)

Charles P. McCAWLEY, Plaintiff, v. OZEANOSUN COMPANIA, MARITIME, S.A., Defendant-Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GULFWIDE STEVEDORING CORPORATION, Third-Party-Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 9, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas W. Thorne, Jr., New Orleans, La., for appellant.

J. Dwight LeBlanc, Jr., Robert B. Fisher, Jr., New Orleans, La., for appellee.

Jerome P. Halford, Metairie, La., for McCawley.

Before TUTTLE, WISDOM and GEE, Circuit Judges.


WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

Charles McCawley, a longshoreman employed by Gulfwide Stevedoring Company, fell and injured himself aboard the M/V Bremen on the morning of August 8, 1970 while the vessel was docked at the St. Andrew Street Wharf in New Orleans. McCawley brought suit against Ozeanosun Compania Maritime, the vessel's owner, alleging that the accident was caused by the unseaworthiness of the ship and the negligence of...

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