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GRIFFIN v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 71-1215, 71-1154.

469 F.2d 671 (1972)

Gerald Lee GRIFFIN and Elizabeth Griffin, his wife, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee. UNITED STATES of America, Third-Party Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MATSON TERMINALS, INC., Third-Party Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

November 10, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul D. Jackson (argued), of Schroeter, Jackson, Goldmark & Bender, Seattle, Wash., for the Griffins.

Allan J. Weiss, Atty. (argued), John Meadows, Atty., Admiralty & Shipping Section, San Francisco, Cal., Stan Pitkin, U. S. Atty., Seattle, Wash., for the United States.

Edward S. Franklin (argued), of Bogle, Gates, Dobrin, Wakefield & Long, Seattle, Wash., for Matson Terminals, Inc.

Before CHOY and GOODWIN, Circuit Judges, and SOLOMON, District Judge.

ALFRED T. GOODWIN, Circuit Judge :

In these combined appeals, Griffin, an injured longshoreman, appeals the dismissal of his damage action against the shipowner (the United States). The government also has appealed the dismissal of its indemnity claim against Matson, the stevedoring company.

Griffin, while following a fellow workman up a ladder for the lunch break, sustained a severe eye injury when he was struck by a falling object dislodged near the top...

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