Legal Opinion
James R. McIsaac v. Didriksen Fishing Corp., Appeal of the Wise Company, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 13, 1987No. 86-1061PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Circuit Judge.
Defendant-appellant Wise Company, Inc., appeals from a jury verdict and judgment against it. Wise manufactured a helmsman’s chair used in the pilothouse of a commercial fishing vessel, the SETTLER, which was owned by defendant-appellee Didriksen Fishing Corporation.
The accident giving rise to the law suit happened as follows. On September 25, 1981, plaintiff-appellee James R. Mclsaac, 1 a seaman on the vessel, was conducting his wheel watch from the helmsman’s chair. The chair was elevated to enable its occupant to look out the window and observe the instrument panel in…
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