PALMER v. WATERMAN STEAMSHIP CORP.

No. 34383.

52 Wn.2d 604 (1958)

328 P.2d 169

JOHN C. PALMER, by Jean M. Palmer, his Guardian ad Litem, Appellant, v. WATERMAN STEAMSHIP CORPORATION, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department One.

July 17, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Levinson & Friedman, for appellant.

Riddell, Riddell & Williams and Graham, James & Rolph, for respondent.


MALLERY, J.

The plaintiff was a seaman on defendant's ship. He was observed on the deck of the vessel in an intoxicated condition about three o'clock a.m., on August 22, 1955, by two crew members. They proceeded to help him toward his quarters by each taking an arm and walking him along the deck. When they reached the after deckhouse, one man preceded and one man followed plaintiff along a passageway to the top of the ladder leading down to the crew's quarters. One...

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