BONNEWELL v. UNITED STATES

No. 5768.

170 F.2d 411 (1948)

BONNEWELL v. UNITED STATES et al. THE HALAULA VICTORY.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

November 4, 1948.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry E. Howell, Jr., and R. Arthur Jett, both of Norfolk, Va., for appellant.

Leon T. Seawell, of Norfolk, Va., for appellees.

Before PARKER, Chief Judge, and SOPER and DOBIE, Circuit Judges.


SOPER, Circuit Judge.

The libellant in the District Court suffered the fracture of his right arm and consequent loss of earnings when he stumbled and fell over a pad-eye or iron fastening attached to the deck of the flying bridge on the steamship Halaula Victory, owned by the United States, and operated by the Matson Navigation Company as its agent. Bonnewell was a tug boat captain and master mariner of long experience, and was employed at the time by the Wood Towing...

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