Virginia National Bank v. Central Gulf Steamship Corp.

OPINION AND ORDER

KELLAM, District Judge.

In this action the Administrator of the Estate of Ernest B. Edkin seeks to recover of defendant on an allegation of negligence and a breach of the warranty of seaworthiness.

Defendant moves for summary judgment on the issue of unseaworthiness asserting that at the time of the accident and injury plaintiff’s decedent was not entitled to such a warranty.

At the time of the accident and injury plaintiff’s decedent, a shore-based marine surveyor, was aboard the defendant’s vessel in the process of inspecting the holds of the vessel to determine if they were…