Legal Opinion
Phillip Andrew Alday v. Patterson Truck Line, Inc., Individually and D/B/A and Atchafalaya Industries, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 11, 1985No. 83-4694PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TATE, Circuit Judge:
The plaintiff Alday, a longshoreman, appeals from the dismissal by summary judgment of his maritime personal injury action. Alday’s employer was Atchafalaya Industries, Inc. (“Atchafalaya”), which supplies labor to companies that off-load barges and engage in related activities. Alday’s first assignment for Atchafalaya was to work unloading barges for the defendant Patterson Truck Lines, Inc. (“Patterson”) at the latter’s shipyard. While Alday was unloading a barge for Patterson on his first day of work in Atchafalaya’s employment, he was injured while on the navigable…
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