CARLSON v. PACIFIC FAR EAST LINES

Docket No. 30507.

29 Cal.App.3d 883 (1973)

105 Cal. Rptr. 885

CLARENCE CARLSON, Plaintiff, v. PACIFIC FAR EAST LINES, Defendant and Respondent; CALIFORNIA STEVEDORE AND BALLAST COMPANY, Claimant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division One.

January 10, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Cooper, White & Cooper, R. Barry Churton and Alan C. Freeland for Claimant and Appellant.

Maloney, Chase, Fisher & Hurst and Peter W. Fisher for Defendant and Respondent.

No appearance for Plaintiff.


OPINION

ELKINGTON, J.

We are concerned here with the application of California's rule of Witt v. Jackson, 57 Cal.2d 57, 69-73 [17 Cal.Rptr. 369, 366 P.2d 641], to a longshoreman's judgment for injuries sustained on a dock while engaged in loading a transoceanic vessel lying alongside.

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