Legal Opinion
Muller v. LYKES BROS. STEAMSHIP COMPANY
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided February 1, 1972No. Civ. A. 71-112PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
R. BLAKE WEST, District Judge.
Plaintiff, Ernest J. Muller, Jr., a longshoreman, sued his employer, Lykes Brothers Steamship Company, Inc. (Lykes), for damages for personal injuries allegedly sustained by him in two separate accidents, on or about May 18, 1965 and November 27, 1968, which occurred, respectively, aboard the SS DOLLY TURMAN and the SS DICK LYKES, which injuries were the result of the alleged unseaworthiness of the two vessels on the dates in question. It is the holding of this Court, for the reasons that follow, that plaintiff’s claim, based upon the accident of May 18,…
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