Legal Opinion
Carey v. Lykes Bros. Steamship
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 23, 1972No. 71-3053PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMPSON, Circuit Judge:
Hurklee Carey (Carey) was employed by Ryan Stevedoring Company, Inc., (Ryan) as a longshoreman at Mobile, Alabama, on May 3, 1969, when he was ordered into the starboard deep tank of the vessel S.S. LOUISE LYKES, owned by the Lykes Brothers Steamship Company, Inc., (Lykes). While working in that tank Carey became unconscious and was taken to a hospital. Carey subsequently brought this action against Lykes on the theory that he had sustained disabling injuries from inhaling carbon monoxide gas present in the tank as a result of the vessel’s unseaworthiness. Lykes…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- The Boeing Company v. Daniel C. ShipmanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Usner v. Luckenbach Overseas Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Usner v. Luckenbach Overseas Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Grigsby v. Coastal Marine Service of Texas, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Luke Bonura, Jr., Cross-Appellant v. Sea Land Service, Inc., Cross-Appellee, Atlantic & Gulfstevedores, Inc., IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Doralee Estates, Inc. v. Cities Service Oil Company, and Third-Party v. Mgo Corp. And Monticello Gas & Oil Co., Inc., Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
- Hurklee Carey v. Lykes Brothers Steamship Company, Inc., Defendants-Third-Party Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross v. Ryan Stevedoring Company, Inc., Third-Party Defendant-Appellant-CrossCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1972
- In re Meade Land & Development Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
- Carl Blount v. Jugoslavenska Linijska PlovidbaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1977
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