BOORUS v. WEST COAST TRANS-OCEANIC STEAMSHIP LINE

No. 17415.

299 F.2d 893 (1962)

Nicholas P. BOORUS, Appellant, v. WEST COAST TRANS-OCEANIC STEAMSHIP LINE and Standard Steamship Corp., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

February 28, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peterson, Lent & Paulson, Tom Price, Portland, Or., for appellant.

Wood, Wood, Tatum, Mosser & Brooke, John R. Brooke, Portland, Or., for appellee.

Before MATHEWS, BARNES and HAMLIN, Circuit Judges.


BARNES, Circuit Judge.

This is a suit for personal injuries arising out of a fist fight occurring between two crewmen of the S. S. Columbia Trader.

Stevedores finished loading that ship, owned by appellee, at a dock in San Francisco Bay at 11:40 P.M. on August 25, 1958 when beams and hatchboards were put aboard. The longshoremen left the vessel five minutes later with hatchboards in place. The last line left the dock at 11:56 P.M. and at 11:58 P.M. the vessel...

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