TIM v. AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES, LTD.

No. 22395.

409 F.2d 385 (1969)

Shaffer C. TIM, Appellant, v. AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES, LTD., a corporation, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 15, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Jay Engel (argued), Hugh B. Miller, of Jarvis, Miller & Stender, San Francisco, Cal., for appellant.

Garrett P. Graham (argued), and Graydon S. Staring of Lillick, McHose, Wheat, Adams & Charles, San Francisco, Cal., for appellee.

Before HAMLEY, HAMLIN and KOELSCH, Circuit Judges.


KOELSCH, Circuit Judge.

Shaffer C. Tim, the appellant, sustained serious personal injuries while employed by American President Lines and acting in the course of his employment as chief electrician aboard the S.S. President Tyler. At the time of the accident cargo at the No. 4 hatch of the ship was being worked by employees of Matson Terminals, Inc., a stevedore company employed by the United States Government to handle the Government's cargo.

The cargo was...

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