O. T. Brown v. Mitsubishi Shintaku Ginko, a Foreign Corporation, Daninichi Kaiun Kaish, Ltd., a Foreign Corporation

WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

Brown, plaintiff-appellant, appeals from the district court’s summary judgment in this negligence suit against the defendant-shipowner, for Brown’s injuries suffered while working aboard the defendant’s vessel. On the facts of this case, summary judgment was appropriate. We affirm. Gay v. Ocean Transport & Trading LTD, and Guerra v. Bulk Transport Corp., 5 Cir. 1977, 546 F.2d 1233.

The plaintiff, an employee of the Pate Stevedoring Company, was injured while cleaning a cargo hold on board the M/V Nichibu Maru. The cleaning procedure utilized a forklift and a portable rack…