HERRING v. ELMER LINE LTD.

Civ. A. No. 81-4287.

577 F.Supp. 942 (1984)

Clarence HERRING v. The ELMER LINE LIMITED.

United States District Court, E.D. Louisiana.

January 13, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph M. Bruno, Bruno & Bruno, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff.

C. Gordon Starling, Jr., Gelpi, Sullivan, Carroll & Laborde, New Orleans, La., Michael P. Mentz, Hailey, McNamara, McNamara & Hall, Metairie, La., for defendant.


FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

MENTZ, District Judge.

This case, a third party action against the vessel owner, was tried on December 8, 1983, as to liability only.

The plaintiff, age 52 at the time of injury, was employed by Strachan Shipping Company as a longshoreman, at the time of the accident, October 27, 1980. For approximately three or four years prior thereto, he had worked as a derrickman, whose duties were to flag the wincher,...

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