Legal Opinion
William Neil Hampton v. Magnolia Towing Company, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 16, 1964No. 21229PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge:
William Neil Hampton was employed as senior deck hand on board the M/V Yazoo, a standard river pushboat owned and operated by The Magnolia Towing Co. March 4, 1962, the Yazoo was proceeding north up the Illinois River pushing a flotilla of six barges. The barges were in two parallel strings and five were empty; the one loaded starboard bai'ge rendered the tow unbalanced to starboard.
The Yazoo was faced up toward the port side of the tow. As night was falling, between 6:00 and 6:30 P.M., the captain decided to move the pushboat a little to the starboai'd to facilitate…
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