HINER v. LONGSTAFF

No. C80-1238B.

543 F.Supp. 1123 (1982)

Betty J. HINER, personal representative of Vernon Hiner, deceased, Plaintiff, v. Lavina LONGSTAFF, and the City of Anacortes, Defendants.

United States District Court, W. D. Washington.

April 13, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael H. Hicks of Busick & Hicks, Vancouver, Wash., Jack C. Ofelt, Jr. of Bennett, Ofelt & Martin, P. C., Portland, Or., for plaintiff.

John Connell, Bellingham, Wash., for defendant, Lavina Longstaff.

William C. Smart of Keller, Rohrback, Waldo, Hiscock, Butterworth & Fardal, Seattle, Wash., Stephen Mansfield, City Atty., Anacortes, Wash., for defendant, City of Anacortes.


ORDER DISMISSING THE CITY OF ANACORTES

BEEKS, Senior District Judge.

Plaintiff's husband, Vernon Hiner, was a member of the crew of the S/S CHESTNUT HILL. On March 1, 1980, Hiner returned from shore on the tug SEAWOLF II to his ship which was anchored in Puget Sound near Anacortes, Washington. While boarding the ship, he fell from the gangway and nearly drowned. Hiner was rescued and placed on the tug whose...

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