McISAAC v. DIDRIKSEN FISHING CORP.

No. 86-1061.

809 F.2d 129 (1987)

James R. McISAAC, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. DIDRIKSEN FISHING CORP., et al., Defendants, Appellees. Appeal of The WISE COMPANY, INC., Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 13, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig M. Brown, with whom Robert P. Powers and Melick & Porter, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for defendant, appellant.

Ronald B. Horvitz, Gloucester, Mass., for plaintiff, appellee James R. McIsaac.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, and BOWNES and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judges.


BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-appellant Wise Company, Inc., appeals from a jury verdict and judgment against it. Wise manufactured a helmsman's chair used in the pilothouse of a commercial fishing vessel, the SETTLER, which was owned by defendant-appellee Didriksen Fishing Corporation.

The accident giving rise to the law suit happened as follows. On September 25, 1981, plaintiff-appellee James R. McIsaac,1 a seaman on the vessel...

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