Arceneaux v. Lykes Bros. Steamship Co.

Upon reconsideration of the record and controlling precedents and appellee Lykes’s motion for a rehearing, this dissent is respectfully filed.

At the threshold, it is significant, if not determinative, to note that the majority opinion recites and concedes that Arceneaux’s fall did not take place at the offset part of the ladder. Areeneaux fell from the straight, vertical part of the ladder in the number three hold. Areeneaux was on a straight up and down, vertical part of the so-called “accident ladder”. The ladder was at that point a usual type ladder.

On or about January 21, 1985,…