Besmehn v. Pacific Coast Shipping Co. Monrovia

Plaintiff Besmehn is a longshoreman who was injured while unloading steel from the defendant Pacific Coast Shipping Company’s ship, the Pacmonarch. Defendant-appellant Schnitzer Steel Products Co. (Schnitzer) is the owner of the dock at which the vessel was berthed at the time and is the consignee of the cargo being unloaded. Third party defendant Brady-Hamilton Stevedore Company (Brady) was hired by Pacific Coast to unload the Pacmonarch. It was plaintiff’s employer at the time of the accident. Plaintiff sued Pacific Coast and Schnitzer for negligence, claiming that the defendants were…