BOWERS v. KAISER STEEL CORPORATION

No. 703.

422 P.2d 848 (1967)

Harry T. BOWERS, Appellant, v. KAISER STEEL CORPORATION, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

January 20, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Erwin and John M. Savage, Anchorage, for appellant.

Gordon W. Moss, Seattle, Wash., Arthur D. Talbot, Anchorage, for appellee.

Before NESBETT, C.J., and DIMOND and RABINOWITZ, JJ.


OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Justice.

The superior court granted summary judgment in appellee's favor by holding that as a matter of law appellant was neither a seaman nor a member of the crew of any vessel within the purview of the Jones Act.1 We affirm.

Appellant instituted an action in the superior court against appellee Kaiser Steel Corporation under the Jones Act. Appellant alleged that while employed by Kaiser he was

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