HLODAN v. OHIO BARGE LINE, INC.

No. 77-2326.

611 F.2d 71 (1980)

Peter HLODAN, Administrator of the Estate of William James Hlodan, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. OHIO BARGE LINE, INC., a corporation, Defendant-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, Warfield Towing Service, Inc., a corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 28, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank S. Thackston, Jr., Greenville, Miss., James Daigle, New Orleans, La., Ernest Lane, III, Joel J. Henderson, Greenville, Miss., for defendant-appellant, cross-appellee.

Cohn, Carr, Korein, Kunin, Schlichter & Brennan, Jerome J. Schlichter, David J. Letvin, East St. Louis, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee, cross-appellant.

Before MORGAN, RONEY and GARZA, Circuit Judges.


RONEY, Circuit Judge:

William Hlodan, a 20-year old deckhand employed by Ohio Barge Line, Inc. on the M/V STEEL LEADER, drowned when he attempted to rescue a Warfield Towing Service, Inc. deckhand who had fallen into the Mississippi River from a Warfield tug, the M/V JOHN K.

Hlodan's next of kin brought a wrongful death action against Ohio Barge Line, Hlodan's employer, and Warfield Towing, alleging negligence under...

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