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WILLIAMS v. LYKES BROS. STEAMSHIP CO.

No. 2586.

132 F.Supp. 732 (1955)

Jessie WILLIAMS, Libellant, v. LYKES BROS. STEAMSHIP CO., Inc., Respondent.

United States District Court E. D. Louisiana, New Orleans Division.

August 11, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arnold C. Jacobs, New Orleans, La., for libellant.

Terriberry, Young, Rault & Carroll, William E. Wright, New Orleans, La., for respondent.

WRIGHT, District Judge.

Jessie Williams, while working as a longshoreman aboard the S.S. Briton Lykes on July 5, 1953, as an employee of the New Orleans Stevedoring Company, was injured when a stanchion, which acted as a support for the overhead of the 'tween-deck, fell and struck him on the head. This action, charging negligence on the part of the owner and unseaworthiness of the vessel, seeks damages arising from injuries and loss of earnings suffered by Williams...

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