ROBERTSON v. SANYO MARU

No. 4950.

298 F.Supp. 931 (1969)

James ROBERTSON, Plaintiff, v. SANYO MARU, her engines, tackle, apparel and furniture, and Sawayama Kisen, K. K., Defendants, v. TEXLA STEVEDORING COMPANY, Third-Party Defendants.

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

April 1, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Martzell, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff.

Leon Sarpy, Paul A. Nalty, New Orleans, La., for defendants.

A. R. Christovich, Jr., New Orleans, La., for third-party defendants.


RUBIN, District Judge:

Theologians once debated how many angels might stand on the head of a pin. Metaphysicians trained in such a tradition may find it possible to rationalize the decisions dealing with the extent to which a shipowner is liable for injuries to longshoremen caused by unseaworthiness brought about by the acts of fellow longshoreman.1 The analyst must consider the decision in Sieracki2

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