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BILGER v. MARITIME OVERSEAS CORPORATION

No. 24081.

439 F.2d 707 (1971)

William BILGER, Appellant, v. MARITIME OVERSEAS CORPORATION, a corporation, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

March 24, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh B. Miller (appeared), of Jarvis, Miller & Stender, Inc., San Francisco, Cal., for appellant.

Warren W. Wilson (appeared), Graydon S. Staring, of Lillick, McHose, Wheat, Adams & Charles, San Francisco, Cal., for appellee.

Before KOELSCH, BROWNING, and HUFSTEDLER, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Appellant, a merchant seaman, sued the appellee, shipowner-employer to recover damages for injury to his foot, claiming that the injury was caused by the appellee's negligence and by the unseaworthiness of its vessel. Appellant's foot was crushed when the ship's launch struck appellant as he was ascending a Jacob's ladder hanging off the starboard side of the vessel. The district court found that the appellee was not negligent and that the vessel was not...

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