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JANSSEN v. AMERICAN HAWAII CRUISES, INC.

Nos. 11071, 11105.

731 P.2d 163 (1987)

James JANSSEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AMERICAN HAWAII CRUISES, INC., Defendant-Appellant, and Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO, an unincorporated association, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

January 20, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan Van Etten (John S. Edmunds, Ronald J. Verga and Ronald F. Movrich with him on opening brief and John S. Edmunds, Ronald J. Verga and Jonathan J. Ezer with him on reply brief), Honolulu, for plaintiff-appellant James Janssen.

Stephen D. Whittaker (David W. Proudfoot and J. Gregory Turnbull with him on briefs), Honolulu, for defendant-appellant American Hawaii Cruises, Inc.

John H. Price (Richard K. Griffith on brief), Honolulu, for defendant-appellee Seafarers International Union of South America.

Before LUM, C.J., and NAKAMURA, PADGETT, HAYASHI and WAKATSUKI, JJ.

LUM, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment in favor of Defendant Seafarers International Union of North America (Seafarers) in a negligence action. Plaintiff James Janssen and Defendant American Hawaii Cruises (AHC) seek reversal of the judgment. We affirm.

I.

Since 1980, AHC operated the S.S. Oceanic Independence, a cruise ship. AHC had a contract with Seafarers to have the union provide the ship with "capable, competent and physically...

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