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HARRIS v. LYKES BROS. STEAMSHIP CO., INC.

Civ. No. 8041.

375 F.Supp. 1155 (1974)

August HARRIS, Plaintiff, v. LYKES BROS. STEAMSHIP CO., INC., Defendant.

United States District Court, E. D. Texas, Beaumont Division.

May 16, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl Waldman, Waldman & Smallwood, Beaumont, Tex., for plaintiff.

Hubert Oxford, III, Benckenstein, McNicholas, Ball, Oxford, Radford & Johnson, Beaumont, Tex., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM DECISION

JOE J. FISHER, Chief Judge.

This is an admiralty or maritime cause of action brought by the plaintiff August Harris to recover damages for personal injuries sustained while working in the course and scope of his employment as a longshoreman with the Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc., aboard the SS NANCY LYKES. Jurisdiction of the court is based upon 28 U.S.C. § 1333, and upon the general maritime law of the United States.

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