DIXON v. GRACE LINES, INC.

Docket No. 39487.

27 Cal.App.3d 278 (1972)

103 Cal. Rptr. 595

ROBERT LEE DIXON, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. GRACE LINES, INC., Defendant and Respondent.

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

August 17, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Magana, Cathcart, Marin & Pierry, John A. Marin and William B. Murrish for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Lillick, McHose, Wheat, Adams & Charles and Michael D. Dempsey for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

DUNN, J.

This is an appeal by the plaintiff from a summary judgment entered in favor of the defendant in an action, commenced in the California Superior Court, to recover damages under the Jones Act (46 U.S.C.A. § 688) and the general maritime law for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff while he was a seaman in the employ of defendant.

In the complaint, filed July 26, 1968, it was alleged: defendant, Grace...

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