MANCHACK v. S/S OVERSEAS PROGRESS

No. 75-2216. Summary Calendar.

524 F.2d 918 (1975)

Frederick Joseph MANCHACK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. S/S OVERSEAS PROGRESS, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 12, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen B. Murray, New Orleans, La., Steven F. Griffith, Norco, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Charles F. Lozes, M. D. Yager, New Orleans, La., for defendants-appellees.

Before GEWIN, GOLDBERG and DYER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Manchack, a seaman, who claimed he suffered personal injuries when he fell down a ladder on the S/S Overseas Progress, appeals from a judgment entered on a jury verdict finding that the defendant owner was not negligent and that the vessel was not unseaworthy. We affirm.

Manchack invites us to reverse the judgment as being clearly erroneous. This, of course, is not the proper standard to be applied in...

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