BELL v. NIHONKAI KISEN, K. K., TOKYO

Civ. No. 60-481.

204 F.Supp. 230 (1962)

Albert BELL, Plaintiff, v. NIHONKAI KISEN, K. K., TOKYO, a corporation, company or association, and George S. Fujii, Defendants. NIHONKAI KISEN, K. K., Cross-Plaintiff, v. George S. FUJII, Cross-Defendant, George S. FUJII, Cross-Plaintiff, v. NIHONKAI KISEN, K. K., Cross-Defendant.

United States District Court D. Oregon.

April 26, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip A. Levin, of Pozzi, Levin & Wilson, Portland, Or., for plaintiff.

John R. Brooke, of Wood, Wood, Tatum, Mosser & Brooke, Portland, Or., for defendant Nihonkai Kisen, K. K., Tokyo.

Nathan J. Heath, of Gray, Fredrickson & Heath, Portland, Or., for defendant George S. Fujii.


BEEKS, District Judge (sitting by designation).

On July 25, 1960, the steamship DAIRETSU MARU was lying alongside Central Dock at Coos Bay, Oregon. A log was in the process of being lifted by use of ship's tackle from the water alongside for stowage in No. 1 hatch. Plaintiff was a longshoreman in the employ of a master contract stevedore and the loading was being performed by fellow employees. At a time when the log had reached a point above No. 1 hatch it broke in...

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