Legal Opinion
Walter Adams v. United States of America and California Stevedore & Ballast Company
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 9, 1968No. 21818PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POPE, Circuit Judge.
This action was brought in the court below by a libel in personam seeking damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff, appellant here, aboard the USNS PYT. JOSEPH MERRELL, here called MERRELL, while he was engaged as a longshoreman in loading cargo. The libel stated two causes of action: unseaworthiness of the vessel MERRELL and negligence of the defendant United States. In its answer the United States denied .the allegations of the libel and impleaded California Stevedore and Ballast Company, plaintiff’s employer, as third party defendant.
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2Cases cited12 opinions
- Pope & Talbot, Inc. v. HawnSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Mitchell v. Trawler Racer, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Mahnich v. Southern Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Alaska Steamship Co. v. PettersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Boudoin v. Lykes Bros. Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
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