GAY v. BARGE 266

No. 89-3666.

915 F.2d 1007 (1990)

Kathleen Russo, wife of/and Herbert L. GAY, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BARGE 266 and Brown & Root U.S.A., Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 30, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Greenberg, Nathan Greenberg, Greenberg & Dallam, Gretna, La., for plaintiffs-appellants.

James F. Holmes, Christovich & Kearney, New Orleans, La., for defendants-appellees.

Before GEE, RUBIN and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.


ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

A longshoreman and his wife appeal the judgment on a directed verdict against them in their action for damages arising from the alleged negligence of a vessel under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. § 905(b) (1988). The district court found as a matter of law that the longshoreman was engaged in ship repair at the time of his injury, the owner pro hac vice of the barge on which he was working was...

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