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WALSH v. ZUISEI KAIUN K. K.

Nos. 76-3424, 76-3444.

606 F.2d 259 (1979)

Mary I. WALSH, Executrix of the Estate of Charles P. Walsh, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ZUISEI KAIUN K. K., a foreign corp., etc., et al., Defendants-Appellants. and Puget Sound Pilots et al., Additional Party Defendants. Mary I. WALSH, Executrix of the Estate of Charles P. Walsh, Deceased, Plaintiff-Cross Appellant, v. ZUISEI KAIUN K. K., a foreign corp., etc., et al., Defendants-Cross Appellees, and Puget Sound Pilots et al., Additional Party Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

October 9, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore A. Le Gros of Howard, Le Gros, Buchanan & Paul, Seattle, Wash., for Zuisei Kaiun.

H. J. Merrick, Merrick, Hofstedt & Lindsey, Seattle, Wash., for Puget Sound Pilots.

Milton H. Soriano, Soriano & Soriano, Seattle, Wash., for Walsh.

Before CHAMBERS and HUFSTEDLER, Circuit Judges, and RENFREW, District Judge.

CHAMBERS, Circuit Judge:

This appeal and cross-appeal are from the judgment of the district court, sitting in admiralty, in a wrongful death case arising out of the drowning of Charles P. Walsh, a Puget Sound pilot. Walsh fell into the water while attempting to transfer from the vessel he was piloting, the RHEIN MARU, to a pilot launch in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, as the vessel was approaching Port Angeles, Washington.

The pilot descended ladders that had...

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