Legal Opinion
Terrence L. Butler v. Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 10, 1996No. 95-55224PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLOYD R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge:
Terrence L. Butler appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment against him. We affirm in part and reverse and remand in part.
I. BACKGROUND
On October 9, 1992, United States Navy Boatswain’s Mate First Class Terrence L. Butler was injured when an accommodation ladder on which he was standing fell into the water. An accommodation ladder is an adjustable stairway attached to the side of a vessel that can be lowered alongside the hull. The apparatus includes an adjustable platform at the bottom, a permanently mounted ehainhoist on the hull directly above…
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