MARSHALL v. WESTFAL-LARSEN & CO.

No. 15611.

259 F.2d 575 (1958)

Harry L. MARSHALL, Jr., Appellant, v. WESTFAL-LARSEN & CO., General Steamship Company and Bjarne Sellevald, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 14, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Erskine, Erskine & Tulley, Morse Erskine, San Francisco, Cal., for appellant.

Lillick, Geary, Wheat, Adams & Charles, Edwin L. Gerhardt, Alan H. Nichols, San Francisco, Cal., for appellee.

Before HEALY, FEE and HAMLEY, Circuit Judges.


JAMES ALGER FEE, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from the judgment of the District Court denying recovery to Marshall, who, as a passenger upon a ship, sustained injuries as a result of jumping from a ladder onto a barge in disembarking from a ship lying in a harbor. Hon. Michael J. Roche, the able trial judge, who has had a long judicial experience, found that the injuries were proximately caused by and were the result of the negligence of Marshall, since he did...

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