PLUYER v. MITSUI O. S. K. LINES, LTD.

No. 79-2148.

664 F.2d 1243 (1982)

Eloy S. PLUYER, Plaintiff-Appellee Cross Appellant, American Mutual Liability Insurance Company, Intervenor-Appellee Cross Appellant, v. MITSUI O. S. K. LINES, LTD., Defendant-Appellant Cross Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit A

January 4, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Mestayer, J. Dwight LeBlanc, Jr., J. Francios Allain, James R. Holmes, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellant cross appellee.

Henderson, Hanemann & Morris, Philip E. Henderson, Houma, La., Roy, Carmouche, Hailey, Bivins & McNamara, James W. Hailey, Jr., Metairie, La., for plaintiff-appellee cross appellant.

Before MARKEY, Chief Judge, and GEE and POLITZ, Circuit Judges.


POLITZ, Circuit Judge:

Eloy S. Pluyer, a longshoreman, sued Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd., for personal injuries he sustained during stevedoring operations on a Mitsui vessel. Finding negligence, the trial judge awarded Pluyer damages, granted judgment to the intervenor, but expressly declined to award prejudgment interest. All parties appeal. We affirm.

Facts

Pluyer and five other longshoremen employed by Strachan Shipping Company, a contract...

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