PETERSON v. ASSOCIATED DREDGING COMPANY

No. 20014.

354 F.2d 690 (1966)

Harry PETERSON, Appellant, v. ASSOCIATED DREDGING COMPANY, owner and operator of the DREDGE SUCKER, etc., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

January 3, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas W. Loris, Sacramento, Cal., for appellant.

Graydon S. Staring, Lillick, Geary, Wheat, Adams & Charles, San Francisco, Cal., for appellee.

Before BARNES, BROWNING and DUNIWAY, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

In this libel in admiralty judgment was against libellant and he appeals. We affirm.

Appellant was employed on a dredge, and claims to have suffered injury (myocardial infarction) when he was called upon to lift and carry a heavy acetylene gas tank. He charged both unseaworthiness and negligence. Trial was to the court, which found that there was no unseaworthiness and no negligence, and that appellant's claimed injuries "were not caused by the...

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