PADGETT v. MOORE-McCORMACK LINES, INC.

No. C74-772.

442 F.Supp. 1036 (1977)

James R. PADGETT and Joyce Padgett, his wife, Plaintiffs, v. MOORE-McCORMACK LINES, INC., a Foreign Corporation, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Third-Party Defendant.

United States District Court, W. D. Washington.

November 8, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul D. Jackson, of Schroeter, Jackson, Goldmark & Bender, Seattle, Wash., for plaintiffs.

Vincent R. Larson, of Riddell, Williams, Ivie, Bullitt & Walkinshaw, Seattle, Wash., for defendant and third-party plaintiff.

Harry McCarthy and Paul G. Sterling, of Admiralty and Shipping Section, U. S. Dept. of Justice, San Francisco, Cal., for third-party defendant.


OPINION

BEEKS, Senior District Judge.

This dispute arises from a personal injury sustained during a stevedoring operation. Plaintiff was a civil service employee of the United States (a "blocker and bracer") at the Naval Ammunition Depot at Bangor, Washington. On August 30, 1972 he injured his left leg while engaged in loading the S.S. MOOREMAC CAPE (CAPE), owned by defendant and third party plaintiff Moore-McCormack (MooreMac) and time chartered to third...

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