Bradshaw v. The Trawlers Carol Ann

ALLRED, District Judge.

The Carol Ann, the Pat and David and the El Rancho, shrimping vessels, were moored parallel to one another alongside the dock in Conn Brown Basin at Port Aransas, Texas. The El Rancho was moored portside to the dock, the Pat & David portside to the El Rancho and the Carol Ann portside to the El Rancho. Crew members of the Carol Ann, the outside vessel, had to cross the decks of the other two vessels in going ashore, or returning to, the boat. This, of course, was known to, and expected by, the owners and the masters of all three vessels. The docking arrangement was…