BRENHA v. SVARDA

No. 17074.

291 F.2d 188 (1961)

Frank BRENHA, Jr., et al., Appellants, v. Alfred J. SVARDA, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

June 12, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Karmelich, August Felando, Herbert R. Lande, San Pedro, Cal., for appellant.

Melvin M. Belli, San Francisco, Cal., and William F. Reed, San Diego, Cal., for appellee.

Before BARNES and KOELSCH, Circuit Judges, and SWEIGERT, District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

Appellee-plaintiff sued for damages for personal injuries under the provisions of the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, claiming negligence and unseaworthiness of the vessel Viking.

Appellee, a fisherman-cook, was injured on the fishing boat Viking out of San Diego, California, on June 28, 1959. At sea, and in a school of tuna, appellee, regularly the cook, left his post to aid in bringing in fish. He was standing on a rack at the stern of the...

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