Opinion
No. 22763.
May 24, 1966. Rehearings Denied August 29, 1966.
Appeals from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana; E. Gordon West, Judge.
Lemle Kelleher, George B. Matthews, New Orleans, La., for Union Barge Line Corporation and Aetna Casualty Surety Co.
Adams Reese, George V. Baus, New Orleans, La., for Dravo Corp.
John L. Avant, Baton Rouge, La., for Allen.
Dodd, Hirsch, Barker, Avant Wall, Baton Rouge, La., for libelant-appellant.
Before JONES and GEWIN, Circuit Judges, and HUNTER, District Judge.
We find ourselves in agreement with the opinion and decision of the District Court reported in 239 F. Supp. at p. 1004.
The judgment is therefore affirmed.
The facts are set forth in the district court's findings. Allen v. Union Barge Line Corporation, 239 F. Supp. 1004. The M/V Mariner was in drydock undergoing an overhaul. Dravo Corporation was doing the work. Allen was its employee. Allen was on a scaffold erected by Dravo. Allen was engaged in the removal of the propeller shaft and specifically was either taking off or putting on a coupler bearing. The scaffold collapsed and he was hurt. I cannot agree that the vessel was in navigation or that Allen was engaged in work customarily performed by seamen. To affirm, as the majority does, seems to me an unwarranted extension of the doctrines announced in Ryan and Sieracki, therefore I
Ryan Stevedoring Co., Inc. v. Pan-Atlantic SS Corporation, 350 U.S. 124, 76 S.Ct. 232, 100 L.Ed. 133.
Seas Shipping Co. v. Sieracki, 328 U.S. 85, 66 S.Ct. 872, 90 L.Ed. 1099.
Dissent.