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SINGLETON v. GUANGZHOU OCEAN SHIPPING CO.

No. 94-30642.

79 F.3d 26 (1996)

Lionel SINGLETON, Sr., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GUANGZHOU OCEAN SHIPPING COMPANY, et al., Defendants. GUANGZHOU OCEAN SHIPPING COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant, v. COOPER/T. SMITH STEVEDORING COMPANY, INC., Intervenor-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 3, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher Ogilvie Davis, William J. Riviere, Phelps Dunbar, New Orleans, LA, Luther T. Munford, Phelps Dunbar, Jackson, MS, for Guangzhou Ocean Shipping Co.

Robert Murray Johnston, Adams & Johnston, New Orleans, LA, for plaintiff-appellee.

Alan G. Brackett, Hebert, Mouledoux & Bland, New Orleans, LA, for Cooper/T. Smith.

Before KING, DAVIS and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.

W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

A shipowner appeals from the district court's imposition of liability for injuries to a longshoreman under 33 U.S.C. § 905(b), based on the Scindia duty to intervene. Finding no basis to impose liability on the shipowner, we reverse and render.

I.

Lionel Singleton, a longshoreman employed by Cooper/T. Smith Stevedoring Company, Inc. ("CTS"), was severely injured while offloading zinc and aluminum ingots...

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