CLAY v. LYKES BROS. S.S. CO., INC.

Civ. A. No. 79-2498, 80-1843.

525 F.Supp. 306 (1981)

Philip CLAY and Clark Singleton v. LYKES BROS. STEAMSHIP CO., INC.

United States District Court, E. D. Louisiana.

October 14, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley J. Jacobs, Lawrence D. Wiedemann, Trial Atty., New Orleans, La., for plaintiff.

William E. Wright, Trial Atty., Roger D. Allen, New Orleans, La., for defendant.

Patrick E. O'Keefe, New Orleans, La., for intervenor.


DUPLANTIER, District Judge.

Plaintiffs, two longshoremen employed by an independent stevedoring company, were injured while unloading cargo from the hold of a "lash"1 barge owned by defendant Lykes Brothers Steamship Co. (Lykes). Their claim under Section 5(b)2 of the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, based upon the alleged negligence of the barge owner, was tried on the issue of liability...

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