VERDIN v. C & B BOAT CO., INC.

No. 87-3038.

860 F.2d 150 (1988)

Arceline M. VERDIN, individually as wife of/and as administratrix of the Succession of Albert Gail Verdin, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. C & B BOAT CO., INC., Defendant-Appellee. FEDERAL BARGE LINES, INC., Defendant-Third Party Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MISSION INS. CO., Third Party Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

As Amended November 15, 1988.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied November 30, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. Shuey, LeMele, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer, Dennery, Hunley, Moss & Frilot, New Orleans, La., for defendant-third party plaintiff-appellant.

Joseph J. Weigand, Jr., Weigand, Weigand & Meyer, Houma, La., for Arceline M. Verdin.

André J. Mouledoux, Alan G. Brackett, New Orleans, La., for C & B Boat Co., and Mission Ins.

Before REAVLEY, KING and SMITH, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied November 30, 1988.

KING, Circuit Judge:

This appeal is from a verdict in the district court after a bench trial with an advisory jury awarding the plaintiff/appellee Arceline M. Verdin $346,950.00 from defendant/appellant Federal Barge Lines. The appellant argues 1) that the district court's fact-findings are clearly erroneous, 2) that in finding its vessel unseaworthy, the district court applied the wrong standard of...

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