MEYERS v. M/V EUGENIO C

No. 89-3868.

919 F.2d 1070 (1990)

Daniel R. MEYERS, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The M/V EUGENIO C, its engines, tackle, apparel, Etc., In Rem, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 28, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lester J. Lautenschlaeger, Jr., New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Gustave A. Manthey, Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Toler & Sarpy, New Orleans, La., for Costa Armatori.

Before WISDOM, GEE, and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.


GEE, Circuit Judge:

Today we decide whether the district court properly granted a shipowner's motion for summary judgment against a bar pilot's negligence-based personal injury claim. Concluding that there is no genuine dispute about any material fact and that the facts require judgment for the defendant shipowner, we affirm the judgment of the district court.

Background

In January 1985, the M/V Eugenio C, a 712 foot Italian passenger...

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