UNITED STATES v. ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY

No. 71-2934.

491 F.2d 1147 (1974)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

January 28, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Bayard Crutcher (Argued) Edward S. Franklin of Bogle, Gates, Dobrin, Wakefield & Long, Seattle, Wash., for defendant-appellant.

Theodore A. LeGros (Argued) of Howard, LeGros, Buchanan & Paul, Stan Pitkin, U. S. Atty., Seattle, Wash., Lawrence F. Ledebur, Chief Admiralty & Shipping Section U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before KOELSCH and TRASK, Circuit Judges, and JAMESON, District Judge.


JAMESON, District Judge:

Defendant-appellant, Alaska Steamship Company, has appealed from a judgment awarding plaintiff-appellee, United States of America, indemnity for a payment made in settlement of a longshoreman's personal injury claim.

Statement of the Case

On February 24, 1966 James D. Harris, a longshoreman in the employ of Alaska Steamship, was injured while loading stores aboard the Creighton Victory, a public vessel owned by the...

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