THORSON v. INLAND NAVIGATION COMPANY

No. 16255.

270 F.2d 432 (1959)

Carl E. THORSON, Appellant, v. INLAND NAVIGATION COMPANY, a Corporation, Appellee (Archer-Daniels-Midland Co., Third Party Appellee).

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 9, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben Anderson, Anderson & Franklin, Portland, Or., for appellant.

Mautz, Souther, Spaulding, Denecke & Kinsey, Arno H. Denecke, Portland, Or., for Inland Nav. Co.

Gray & Lister, Wendell Gray, Portland, Or., Nathan J. Heath, Portland, Or., for Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

Before ORR and POPE, Circuit Judges, and YANKWICH, District Judge.


POPE, Circuit Judge.

The appellant, libelant below, was a longshoreman who received injuries aboard the appellee's barge while he was engaged in unloading bulk grain from the hold while the barge was lying in the navigable waters of the Columbia River at the Port of Vancouver. Appellant was employed by Archer-Daniels-Midland Co., a stevedoring firm doing the unloading.

Appellant was in No. 1 hatch of the barge when he was injured by being struck on the head...

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