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GARRETT v. UNITED STATES LINES, INC.

Nos. 75-3241 and 75-3666.

574 F.2d 997 (1978)

Richard E. GARRETT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES LINES, INC. and United States of America, Defendants-Appellees. UNITED STATES LINES, INC., Cross-Complainant-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Cross-Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

May 8, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert Resner, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

John F. Cordes, Appellate Trial Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Donald E. Schlotz (argued), John Edward Hurley, Jr., McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Emersen, San Francisco, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

Before DUNIWAY, WRIGHT and SNEED, Circuit Judges.

EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

Garrett, a seaman, appeals from an adverse judgment in his personal injury claim against his employer, United States Lines, Inc. (U.S. Lines), and the United States. U.S. Lines appeals from a judgment for the United States on U.S. Lines' cross-complaint for indemnity for payments it made as a result of Garrett's injury.1

Pursuant to an affreightment contract with the United States Navy, the U.S...

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