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KAMANI v. PORT OF HOUSTON AUTHORITY

No. 82-2358. Summary Calendar.

702 F.2d 612 (1983)

Francisco KAMANI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PORT OF HOUSTON AUTHORITY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 14, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mandell & Wright, Sidney Ravkind, Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

Hicks, Hirsch, Glover & Robinson, Thomas D. Hamblin, Houston, Tex., for defendant-appellee.

Before RUBIN, JOHNSON and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

Francisco Kamani was injured while working as a longshoreman aboard the SS TINOS. He alleged that he fell and was seriously injured while running on shipboard to escape the descending jaws of a land-based crane operated by the Port of Houston Authority. Kamani originally brought suit in the Texas courts against the two Greek business entities which owned and operated the vessel upon which he was injured. One of the defendants removed...

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