Legal Opinion
Flowers Transportation, Inc. v. Lewis
District Court, E.D. Missouri
Decided July 24, 1986No. Nos. 84-2789A(6), 85-0886A(6)PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
GUNN, District Judge.
These consolidated cases arise out of an accident aboard a barge moored alongside a crane platform of a loading facility on the Mississippi River at New Madrid, Missouri. Roger Lewis, a longshoreman employed by the loading facility, Cargill, Inc., was injured when assisting fellow employees in stacking the steel covers of the barge and recovered compensation benefits from his employer under the Longshoremen’s & Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (LHWCA), 33 U.S.C. §§ 901-950. Lewis and his wife then filed claims for damages in state court against Security…
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- Porter v. Crawford & Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1980
- Helaire v. Mobil Oil Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
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