Orr v. Otto Candies, Inc.

|,AMY, Judge.

The plaintiff, a merchant marine, filed suit for damages after he sustained injury on the defendant’s property. The trial court found in favor of the defendant, concluding that any fault for the fall was to be equally apportioned between the plaintiff and the plaintiffs employer. The plaintiff appeals. For the following reasons, we affirm.

Factual and Procedural Background

The plaintiff, George Michael Orr, was employed by Otto Candies, Inc., as a mate aboard the M/V Ferdie Candies, a push boat. The record indicates that, at the time of the accident in question, the Ferdie Candies…