West v. City of St. Paul

OPINION

EASTAUGH, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Charles West was the engineer of the F/V Alaskan Monarch, a ninety-six foot crabber. He sued the City of St. Paul for injuries he suffered while abandoning the ship when it became trapped in ice and was driven aground outside the City’s harbor. The superior court, concluding that the City’s harbormaster owed no duty to warn of ice conditions outside the harbor, dismissed West’s suit. West appeals. We affirm.

II. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

On March 14, 1990, the F/V Alaskan Monarch was enroute to the St. Paul harbor to deliver 100,000 pounds of crab to Pribilof…