Legal Opinion
United States v. Johnson
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 24, 1947No. 11378PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORR, Circuit Judge.
Robert C. Johnson, appellee, a seaman on the S. S. “Mission Soledad”, a vessel owned and operated by appellant through the War Shipping Administration, was injured on June 30, 1944 while performing duties aboard his ship at Pearl Harbor.
Appellee was assisting in securing a boom and, at the 'time he was injured, was engaged in an operation known as “rounding in” blocks to bring two blocks of a block and tackle together. Appellee was on the main deck walking forward pulling on the hauling or “free” end of a rope (which was attached to the block) while a shipmate, one Dudder,…
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3Cited by43 opinions
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- Tawada v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1947
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