KNIGHT v. ALASKA TRAWL FISHERIES, INC.

Nos. 96-35695, 96-35720.

154 F.3d 1042 (1998)

Jason KNIGHT, Plaintiff, v. ALASKA TRAWL FISHERIES, INC. In Personam, and F/T Endurance, Official No. 592205, In Rem, Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees, v. NORTH STAR TERMINAL AND STEVEDORE CO., INC., In Personam, Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 4, 1998.

As Amended October 14, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven E. Mulder, Bogle & Gates, Anchorage, Alaska, for defendants-appellants-cross-appellees.

Michael W. Sewright, Burr, Pease & Kurtz, Anchorage, Alaska, for defendant-appellee-cross-appellant.

Before: FARRIS, O'SCANNLAIN and MICHAEL DALY HAWKINS, Circuit Judges.


MICHAEL DALY HAWKINS, Circuit Judge:

We must decide whether a negligent shipowner may receive indemnification under Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic S.S. Corp., 350 U.S. 124, 76 S.Ct. 232, 100 L.Ed. 133 (1956), from a negligent contractor when a shipowner is liable to an injured seaman for unseaworthiness and Jones Act negligence.

BACKGROUND

During the transfer of cargo from the F/V ENDURANCE to the EIYO...

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