Custer v. New Orleans Steamboat Co.

BARRY, Judge.

Robert J. Custer appeals the dismissal of his suit against New Orleans Steamboat Company for damages sustained when he was punched by an unknown assailant during a concert aboard its vessel, the S.S. President.

Custer and a group of friends boarded the President about 8:00 p.m. and proceeded to the crowded stage area. The boat left the dock around 10:00 and an hour later a man standing behind Custer pushed him. Custer claims he was pushed three or four times during the next hour and a half. When he turned and asked the man to stop he was punched in the nose and knocked to the…