GYPSUM CARRIER, INC. v. HANDELSMAN

No. 17360.

307 F.2d 525 (1962)

GYPSUM CARRIER, INC., Appellant, v. William D. HANDELSMAN, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 20, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Graham, James & Rolph, and Francis L. Tetreault, San Francisco, Cal., for appellant.

Malcolm N. McCarthy, San Francisco, Cal., for appellee.

Before POPE, HAMLIN and BROWNING, Circuit Judges.


BROWNING, Circuit Judge.

Appellee was chief steward aboard the appellant's S.S. Ocean Carrier. As the vessel was being prepared for sea, tackle which two members of the crew were attempting to secure for the voyage fell and struck appellee. Appellee filed two libels against appellant. The first sought maintenance and cure under the general maritime law. The second alleged a cause of action for unseaworthiness under the general maritime law and for negligence under...

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