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WILLIAMS v. BRASEA, INC., VESSEL CIAPESC I

No. 72-3623.

497 F.2d 67 (1974)

Roy C. WILLIAMS, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross Appellee, v. BRASEA, INC., and VESSEL CIAPESC I, her engines, etc., Defendants-Appellees-Cross Appellants, Bender Welding & Machine Co., Inc., Defendant-Appellee-Cross Appellant, Construction Machinery Company, Defendant-Appellee-Cross Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 5, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. W. Meridith, Jr., Corpus Christi, Tex., for Const. Mach. Co.

C. D. Kennedy, William M. Jensen, Houston, Tex., Jack G. Carinhas, Jr., Brownsville, Tex., for Brasea.

A. J. Watkins, Bill R. Bludworth, Houston, Tex., for Bender.

William R. Edwards, Corpus Christi, Tex., W. A. Cleveland, Jr., Jacksonville, Fla., for Williams.

Before GEWIN, THORNBERRY and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.

SIMPSON, Circuit Judge:

The shrimp trawler CIAPESC I, out of Freeport, Texas was trawling for shrimp in the Gulf of Mexico, when the events leading to this involved lawsuit took place. Roy C. Williams, the plaintiff below and appellant (and cross-appellee) here, was master of the CIAPESC I at the time he was seriously injured aboard the vessel. Williams prevailed below in this action against the owner of the vessel, Brasea, Inc. (Brasea), its builder, Bender Welding...

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