GUERRERO v. AMERICAN-HAWAIIAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY

No. 14364.

222 F.2d 238 (1955)

Adrian GUERRERO, Appellant, v. AMERICAN-HAWAIIAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 15, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Fall, San Pedro, Cal., for appellant.

Lasher B. Gallagher, San Francisco, Cal., Robert Sikes, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee.

Before STEPHENS and FEE, Circuit Judges, and WIIG, District Judge.


STEPHENS, Circuit Judge.

Adrian Guerrero was injured on a ship while serving as a seaman employed by American-Hawaiian Steamship Company. He brought suit in the United States District Court under § 33 of the Merchant Seamen's Act of June 5, 1920, amending § 20 of the Seamen's Act of March 4, 1915,1 for compensatory damages against his employer. The defendant answered by admitting the employment and an injury, but denied the extent...

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