Bow v. Pilato

McCORMICK, Chief Judge.

This is a libel in personam in admiralty as for a maritime tort.

The respondent company and the personal respondents are and were at all applicable times joint owners and operators of a fishing vessel- of American registry named “Sea Maid,” which at such times was moored alongside the landing dock of Franco-Italian Packing Company in navigable waters of Los Angeles Harbor.

On July 12, 1947, at the invitation and direction of the respondents, Adolph B. Bow, the libelant, was aboard the “Sea Maid” for the purpose of making certain repairs upon the six-cylinder Atlas Diesel…