BULLIS v. TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX FILM CORPORATION

No. 72-1211.

474 F.2d 392 (1973)

Douglas A. BULLIS et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX FILM CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

February 15, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Patrick O'Connor (argued), A. William Barlow, Honolulu, Hawaii, for plaintiffs-appellants.

William L. Fleming (argued), of Cades Schutte Fleming & Wright, Honolulu, Hawaii, for defendant-appellee.

Before ELY, CHOY and WALLACE, Circuit Judges.


WALLACE, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs-appellants sued their employer to recover damages for burns sustained in a fire. The fire occurred on board a mock-up vessel used by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation in the filming of the movie "TORA! TORA! TORA!" The mock-up had been constructed upon three floating barges and was designed to resemble the battleships USS Nevada and USS Arizona. About March 12, 1969, the defendant moved the mock-up from the shipyard where it...

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