LORAINE v. COASTWISE LINES

No. 24518.

86 F.Supp. 336 (1949)

LORAINE v. COASTWISE LINES, Inc., et al.

United States District Court, N. D. California, S. D.

July 14, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fitz-Gerald Ames, Sr., San Francisco, California, for libelant.

John H. Black, Edward R. Kay, San Francisco, California, for respondent Coastwise Lines, Inc.

Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon, San Francisco, California, for respondent Mitchell Stevedoring Co.


ERSKINE, District Judge.

I am of the opinion that the plaintiff under the applicable law and under the facts is not entitled to recover in this action. It is plaintiff's contention that he is entitled to recover upon two theories:

1. Under the general maritime law, because his injury, he claims, was brought about by the unseaworthiness of the vessel upon which he was employed at the time of his claimed injury; and

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