FOSS v. OLIVER J. OLSON & CO.

Docket No. 30642.

250 Cal.App.2d 44 (1967)

58 Cal. Rptr. 511

MILTON K. FOSS, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. OLIVER J. OLSON & COMPANY, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division One.

April 12, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sikes, Pinney & Matthew and John Scott Matthew for Defendant and Appellant.

James H. Ackerman and Carlton E. Russell for Plaintiff and Respondent.


LILLIE, J.

Plaintiff, the third mate on the lumber schooner George Olson, sued defendant owner of the vessel for damages for personal injuries resulting from an assault on him by a crew member. The incident occurred on the navigable waters of the United States on board the vessel at the port of Coos Bay, Oregon. The action is predicated on breach of a shipowner's warranty of seaworthiness of the vessel and negligence, under the Jones Act (46 U.S.C.A. §...

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