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HANSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 71-3024.

475 F.2d 771 (1973)

Robert W. HANSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

March 12, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lyle C. Cavin, Jr., of Sullivan, Johnson, Graham & Cavin, San Francisco, Cal., for appellant.

James L. Browning, Jr., U. S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal., Lawrence F. Ledebur, Chief, Admiralty and Shipping Section, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Charles Craycroft, Norman B. Richards, of McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, San Francisco, Cal., for appellee.

Before CHAMBERS, HAMLEY, and BROWNING, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Hanson sued the United States for injuries sustained when he fell through a temporarily uncovered deck opening on the S.S. St. Augustine Victory, a vessel owned by the government. Hanson was a crewman at the time of the incident.

This case presents issues of seaworthiness of the vessel, negligence of the crew, and Hanson's contributory negligence. All these issues involve questions of fact which, in this case, could have been decided either...

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