GALLARDO v. WESTFAL-LARSEN & CO. A/S

No. C-76-040 WHO.

435 F.Supp. 484 (1977)

Frank D. GALLARDO, Plaintiff, v. WESTFAL-LARSEN & CO. A/S, Defendant.

United States District Court, N. D. California.

June 3, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas C. Knowles, Boccardo, Blum, Lull, Niland, Teerlink & Bell, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff.

Warren W. Wilson, Lillick, McHose & Charles, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant.


ORRICK, District Judge.

This action for damages for personal injuries brought by the plaintiff longshoreman against defendant, Westfal-Larsen & Co. A/S (hereinafter Westfal or shipowner) presents two issues which have received varied and conflicting analyses by courts in other circuits: (1) the appropriate standard of care which a vessel owner owes to an employee of an independent stevedore engaged in cargo operations under the 1972 amendments to the Longshoremen...

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