METZ v. STATE OF WASH., DEPT. OF TRANSP., ETC.

No. C82-127B.

558 F.Supp. 17 (1982)

Harold E. METZ and Shirley Metz, Plaintiffs, v. The STATE OF WASHINGTON, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, DIVISION OF FERRIES, Defendant.

United States District Court, W.D. Washington, at Seattle.

October 26, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Porter Kelley, Seattle, Wash., for plaintiffs.

Philip G. Hubbard, Seattle, Wash., for defendant.


ORDER DENYING MOTION TO DISMISS

BEEKS, Senior District Judge.

Plaintiff, Harold Metz, was employed by defendant, Washington State Ferries, as a licensed seaman on the state ferry M/V KLAHOWYA. In the early morning hours of April 18, 1981, plaintiff fell from a partially raised loading ramp onto the vessel's deck and injured his head. At the time of the accident, the KLAHOWYA was engaged in the carriage of goods and passengers on the navigable waters of Puget...

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