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LINDAY v. AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES, LTD.

Docket No. 20714.

214 Cal.App.2d 146 (1963)

29 Cal. Rptr. 465

JOHN LINDAY, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES, LTD., Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Two.

March 18, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lillick, Geary, Wheat, Adams & Charles and Graydon S. Staring for Defendant and Appellant.

Jennings, Haid, Gartland & Tilly and Charles M. Haid, Jr., for Plaintiff and Respondent.

SHOEMAKER, J.

Plaintiff, a seaman, brought this action against his employer, American President Lines, Ltd., to recover for injuries sustained when he was assaulted by a fellow crewmember, one Herbert Suvaco. The complaint set forth two alternate theories of liability: (1) that defendant was negligent in signing and retaining the assailant with knowledge of his dangerous disposition; and (2) that the vessel on which...

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