Legal Opinion
O'Hey v. Matson Navigation Co.
California Court of Appeal
Decided October 3, 1955No. Civ. 16358PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKaufman, J.
This is an appeal by Matson Navigation Company, a corporation, from a judgment of the Superior Court in and for the County of Contra Costa, entered on December 22, 1953, upon a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff and respondent in the sum of $11,460, plus costs. Motion for new trial was made and denied.
The case was submitted to the jury on a cause of action charging defendant corporation with unseaworthiness of the SS. Hawaiian Builder, the vessel upon which plaintiff was employed as a longshoreman at the time of his injury. A cause of action based on a claim of negligence was dismissed by…
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