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FEDISON v. VESSEL WISLICA

Civ. A. No. 73-1030.

382 F.Supp. 4 (1974)

Hubert M. FEDISON v. The VESSEL WISLICA, her engines, tackle, furniture & apparel and Polish Ocean Lines.

United States District Court, E. D. Louisiana.

July 24, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Jackson, III, Jackson & Stovall, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff.

J. Dwight LeBlanc, Jr., Robert B. Fisher, Jr., Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Toler & Sarpy, New Orleans, La., for defendants.

George W. Healy, III, Thomas J. Wagner, Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, New Orleans, La., for intervenor Employers National Ins. Co.

HEEBE, Chief Judge:

Plaintiff, a longshoreman, was injured aboard the defendant's vessel, the WISLICA, while attempting to roll and stow a 600-pound bale of cotton. Suit was filed under the 1972 amendments to the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. § 905(b). The pertinent provisions of the amendments provide that longshoremen covered by the Act, such as the plaintiff, may only recover damages against a vessel when caused by the vessel...

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