FIELD v. GANGER ROLF

No. 17406.

300 F.2d 428 (1962)

Paul E. FIELD, Appellant, v. A/S GANGER ROLF, Fred Olsen & Co., et al., and Yerba Buena Corporation, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

March 19, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward R. Kay, Francis J. Solvin, San Francisco, Cal., for appellant.

Lillick, Geary, Wheat, Adams & Charles, Edwin L. Gerhardt, Mark Scott Hamilton, Graydon S. Staring, San Francisco, Cal., for appellee Fred Olsen Line Agency.

Robert Sikes, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee Yerba Buena Corp.

Before HAMLEY and DUNIWAY, Circuit Judges, and SOLOMON, District Judge.


DUNIWAY, Circuit Judge.

Field appeals from an adverse judgment in an action against the owner of the SS BOLINAS. His complaint alleges that on November 26, 1958, while he was employed as a longshoreman at Stockton and unloading bagged cargo in the hold of the BOLINAS, the cargo slipped and knocked him down. We conclude that the judgment must be affirmed.

The court found that some of the bags in the hold in which Field was working did slide or fall against...

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