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BELL v. SEATRAIN LINES, INC.

Docket No. 41634.

40 Cal.App.3d 16 (1974)

115 Cal. Rptr. 76

GARLAND BELL, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. SEATRAIN LINES, INC., Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Five.

June 25, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Boccardo, Blum, Lull, Niland, Teerlink & Bell, Edward J. Niland and Stanley A. Ibler, Jr., for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Lillick, McHose, Wheat, Adams & Charles and Kenneth R. Chiate for Defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

KAUS, P.J.

Maritime personal injury case. Plaintiff Garland Bell brought an action based on theories of negligence under the Jones Act (46 U.S.C. § 688; 45 U.S.C. § 51) and unseaworthiness under general maritime law, against defendant Seatrain Lines, Incorporated. The trial court directed a verdict in favor of defendant on the Jones Act count;1

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