MATSON NAVIGATION COMPANY v. LAWLER

No. 13743.

217 F.2d 645 (1954)

MATSON NAVIGATION COMPANY, a corporation, Appellant, v. Henry C. LAWLER, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

December 8, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel L. Holmes, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, San Francisco, Cal., for appellant.

Ewing Sibbett, Gladstein, Andersen & Leonard, San Francisco, Cal., for appellee.

Before HEALY and ORR, Circuit Judges, and WALSH, District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from a decree awarding maintenance to a seaman on account of injury accidentally suffered while on shore leave under circumstances indicating no willful misbehavior on the injured man's part. The seaman was under articles at the time and was answerable generally to the call of duty. The injury occurred in his and the ship's home port, and for that reason the shipowner contends that the decree was erroneous.

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