Legal Opinion
Eloy S. Pluyer, Cross American Mutual Liability Insurance Company, Intervenor-Appellee Cross v. Mitsui O. S. K. Lines, Ltd., Cross
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 4, 1982No. 79-2148PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POLITZ, Circuit Judge:
Eloy S. Pluyer, a longshoreman, sued Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd., for personal injuries he sustained during stevedoring operations on a Mitsui vessel. Finding negligence, the trial judge awarded Pluyer damages, granted judgment to the intervenor, but expressly declined to award prejudgment interest. All parties appeal. We affirm.
Facts
Pluyer and five other longshoremen employed by Strachan Shipping Company, a contract stevedore, were assigned to work on the SACRAMENTO MARU, a vessel owned by Mitsui. The men were to lash and secure several containers which had been placed on…
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