BORGEN v. RICHFIELD OIL CORPORATION

No. 15862.

257 F.2d 505 (1958)

Byron BORGEN, Appellant, v. RICHFIELD OIL CORPORATION, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

June 23, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles H. Warren, Bodle & Fogel, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant.

Gordon K. Wright, Lillick, Geary, McHose, Roethke & Myers, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee.

Before BARNES and HAMLEY, Circuit Judges, and CLARK, District Judge.


BARNES, Circuit Judge.

Appellant (sometimes herein referred to as plaintiff) sought damages in the court below for personal injuries allegedly suffered while employed as a seaman aboard the vessel S. S. David E. Day, a T-2 oil tanker owned by defendant corporation. Plaintiff relied on two causes of action — the first based on the alleged negligence of the appellee (46 U.S.C.A. § 688, commonly known as the Jones Act) and the second, in admiralty, based...

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