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BATES v. PRUDENTIAL-GRACE LINES, INC.

Nos. 72-2659, 72-2689.

497 F.2d 900 (1974)

Theodore O. BATES, Appellant; Cross-Appellee, v. PRUDENTIAL-GRACE LINES, INC., Appellee; Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 17, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Geisness, McCutcheon, Groshong, Bettis, Geisness & Day, Seattle, Wash., for appellant in 72-2659, for appellee in 72-2689.

H. Graham Gaiser, Bogle, Gates, Dobrin, Wakefield & Long, Seattle, Wash., for appellee in 72-2659, for appellant in 72-2689.

Before MERRILL, ELY and GOODWIN, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

PER CURIAM:

Bates was employed as a deck department seaman on the SS SANTA REGINA, a merchant vessel owned and operated by Prudential-Grace Lines, Inc. While the vessel was moored at a port in Chile, Bates took shore leave, and, as he was walking along the pier at which the vessel was docked, he stepped into a hole in the pier and suffered injuries. The hole was located about 580 feet from the vessel's gangway. Bates instituted suit against his employer...

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