Bowers v. Kaiser Steel Corp.

OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Justice.

The superior court granted summary judgment in appellee’s favor by holding that as a matter of law appellant was neither a seaman nor a member of the crew of any vessel within the purview of the Jones Act.1 We affirm.

Appellant instituted an action in the superior court against appellee Kaiser Steel Corporation under the Jones Act. Appellant alleged that while employed by Kaiser he was

working as a seaman * * * by offloading steel girders from a barge owned by Foss Launch & Tug Company, In*849corporated, on navigable waters of the United States in Cook Inlet, Alaska. That…