BARNETT v. SEA LAND SERVICE, INC.

No. 88-3576.

875 F.2d 741 (1989)

James BARNETT and Irene Barnett, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. SEA LAND SERVICE, INC., Owner of the M/V GALVESTON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided May 18, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vincent R. Larson, Rodney L. Brown, Jr., Riddell, Williams, Bullitt & Walkinshaw, Seattle, Wash., for defendant-appellant.

Robert D. Duggan, Emily Vrieze Glueck, Levinson, Freidman, Vhugen, Duggan, Bland & Horowitz, Seattle, Wash., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before WRIGHT and ALARCON, Circuit Judges, and TEVRIZIAN, District Judge.


TEVRIZIAN, District Judge:

Defendant-Appellant Sea Land Service, Inc. was sued for damages arising out of an injury aboard its vessel M/V GALVESTON. Plaintiffs-appellees are the victim of the accident and his wife. The district court had subject matter jurisdiction pursuant to its admiralty jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. Section 1333(1) and Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 9(h).

On June 3, 1985, Plaintiff-appellee James Barnett ("Mr. Barnett") was injured while...

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