JACOBO v. U.S.

Nos. 87-6395, 87-6414.

853 F.2d 640 (1988)

Fernando JACOBO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee, and Triad Marine & Industrial Cleaning Corporation; Industrial Indemnity, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Memorandum July 5, 1988.

Order and Opinion August 1, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Preston Easley, San Pedro, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

Philip A. Berns, Atty. in Charge, and William M. Duncan, Atty., Civil Div., San Francisco, Cal., for defendant-appellee.

Russell P. Brown, Littler, Mendelson, Fastiff & Tichy, San Diego, Cal., for plaintiff-intervenor-appellants.

Before TANG, FARRIS and KOZINSKI, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

The district court granted summary judgment for the defendants in this admiralty case. We review de novo. Solano v. Beilby, 761 F.2d 1369, 1372 (9th Cir.1985).

Facts

Employed as a tank cleaner for Triad Marine & Industrial Cleaning Corporation (Triad), Fernando Jacobo was injured when he entered a storage tank aboard the U.S.S. Norton Sound in order to adjust the placement of a pump. Approximately...

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