GIVENS v. M/V CALYPSO

No. C79-1403B.

540 F.Supp. 12 (1982)

Richard GIVENS, Plaintiff, v. M/V CALYPSO, Official No. 594051, its engines, tackle, furniture, equipment and apparel, In Rem, and Gary Stewart, Bruce E. Joyce, and Rudolph K. Johanson, its owners, In Personam, Defendants.

United States District Court, W. D. Washington.

February 8, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Davis, Seattle, Wash., for plaintiff.

Donald P. Marinkovich and Greg Fuller of Detels, Draper, Madden & Crockett, Seattle, Wash., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

BEEKS, Senior District Judge.

Plaintiff brings this action to recover damages for personal injuries allegedly sustained on April 22, 1979, while employed as a member of the crew of the M/V CALYPSO, a commercial fishing vessel owned by defendants. At the time of the occurrence which gives rise to this lawsuit, the vessel was engaged in fishing for tanner crab in the vicinity of Dutch Harbor, Alaska. The gravamen of the action is the...

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