MIRANDA v. ISTHMIAN S. S. CO.

No. 25500.

96 F.Supp. 607 (1950)

MIRANDA v. ISTHMIAN S. S. CO.

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

July 31, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert Resner (Gladstein, Andersen, Resner & Sawyer) of San Francisco, Cal., for libelant.

John H. Painter (Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon) of San Francisco, Cal., for respondent.


McCOLLOCH, District Judge.

Libelant, a member of a longshore gang, was working in the hold of a vessel. The gang was stowing pipe for shipment to Saudi Arabia. A section of pipe, when laid down, started to roll. All of the gang escaped injury except libelant.

The claim was made that the ship was unseaworthy, because on a list at the time of the accident.

There was no negligence here, indeed the situation was not unusual; ships are bound to list as...

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