PER CURIAM.
In this admiralty case, the trial judge found that the ship was unseaworthy and the ship's master was negligent; therefore, he awarded Edward Nitkowski, the injured Chief Officer, $104,000. We affirm.
The accident occurred while the steamship Santa Regina was in the process of docking port side to Fischer's Dock No. 2 (Seattle, Washington). Nitkowski was in charge of what was happening on the bow during the docking.
The ill-fated docking...
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