JOHNSON v. COOPER T. SMITH STEVEDORING CO.

CIVIL ACTION NO. 20-00749-BAJ-RLB.

610 F.Supp.3d 867 (2022)

Lester JOHNSON v. COOPER T. SMITH STEVEDORING COMPANY, INC.

United States District Court, M.D. Louisiana.

Signed July 11, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence Blake Jones , Kristi A. Post , Blake Jones Law Firm, LLC, New Orleans, LA, for Lester Johnson.

Andrew Vincent Waters , Jones Walker LLP, New Orleans, LA, Daniel Richard McClelland , Samuel Lawrence Fuller , Jason P. Waguespack , Fredric Eisenstat , Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr & Smith, New Orleans, LA, Cody Willis Castle , Metairie, LA, for Cooper T. Smith Stevedoring Company, Inc.


RULING AND ORDER

Plaintiff Lester Johnson, a self-described "longshoreman," was working aboard a cargo barge moored in the Mississippi River near Darrow, Louisiana, when he slipped, fell overboard, and landed 13 feet below on the deck of the AMERICA, a weight station...

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